Dody Dorn

Dorn was born into a film industry family, her father having worked as a set designer and film producer. Dorn attended Hollywood High School and it was there that she decided to pursue a career as a math teacher. A job behind the scenes at a movie sound stage led her towards working in the film industry. Dorn appeared in two films as an actress (including a nude "Archbishop" in the 1976 satire Tunnel Vision), before moving behind the camera. She worked her way up the food chain (working as a production assistant, script supervisor, assistant location manager, and several other freelance jobs), before attaining the position of assistant film editor, which she held until 1982. Dorn was selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors. ==Selected filmography==

As film editor As sound editor / assistant sound editor • Max Dugan Returns (1983) (assistant sound editor) • Class (1983) (sound editor) • The Big Chill (1983) (assistant sound editor) (uncredited) • Racing with the Moon (1984) (Foley editor) • Silverado (1985) (Foley editor) • Children of a Lesser God (1986) (sound editor) • The Big Easy (1987) (sound editor) • Tapeheads (1988) (supervising sound editor) • Powwow Highway (1989) (supervising sound editor) • The Abyss (1989) (supervising sound editor) • The Big Picture (1989) (supervising sound editor) • State of Grace (1990) (supervising sound editor) ==Accolades==

• 1990 The Abyss (won) Motion Picture Sound Editors MPSE Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects w/ co-editor Blake Leyh • 2001 - Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (nominated) Emmy Award • 2002 - Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (nominated) ACE Eddie Award Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special • 2002 - Memento (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing • 2002 - Memento (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Award Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic • 2002 - Memento (nominated) The American Film Institute AFI Film Award AFI Editor of the Year • 2002 - Memento (nominated) Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards PFCS Award Best Film Editing • 2002 - Memento (won) Las Vegas Film Critics Society Film Awards - Sierra Award Best Editing • 2003 - Insomnia (nominated) Satellite Awards Golden Satellite Award Best Film Editing In 2012, the Motion Picture Editors Guild listed Memento as the fourteenth best-edited film of all time based on a survey of its membership. ==References==