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American television and film editor

Tom Cross is an American television and film editor. He is known for his collaborations with Damien Chazelle including Whiplash (2014) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing as well as La La Land (2016), and First Man (2018).^[1]

Early life

Tom has a Vietnamese mother, Mrs.

Loc Vo - a painter originally from Hue, and his father is Jim Cross.^[2][3] In 1993, he graduated with a degree in visual arts from Purchase College, New York State.^[4]

Career

He began his career in 1997 as an assistant editor, contributing to such diverse projects as We Own the Night (2007), Crazy Heart (2009), The Switch (2010) and the Primetime Emmy Award-winning drama series Deadwood.^[5] He came to worldwide prominence in 2015 when he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing, BAFTA Award for Best Editing and Academy Award for Best Editing (among oth Tom Cross (film editor) - Wikiwand FEMY