Livolsi's first film editing credit was for
Cameron Crowe's
Vanilla Sky (2001), with
Joe Hutshing. Livolsi had worked as an associate editor with Hutshing and
Saar Klein on Crowe's previous film,
Almost Famous (2000), whose editing was recognized by an
Academy Award nomination. By the time he worked on
Almost Famous, Livolsi had extensive experience as an assistant film editor, including four of
Woody Allen's films that were edited by
Susan E. Morse; Livolsi acknowledges Morse,
David Brenner,
Alan Heim, and Hutshing as his educators and mentors. Livolsi was from
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. ==Death==