Skip Macdonald
{{Short description|American editor}}
{{About|the editor|the musician|Little Axe}}
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Skip Macdonald is an American film and television editor known for his work on Breaking Bad (2008–2013), its spin-off series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), and the 2019 sequel film El Camino. He also edited several episodes for Fargo. Macdonald has earned a total of ten Emmy Award nominations. In 2014, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for the series finale of Breaking Bad.
Career
Skip Macdonald began his career as an assistant sound editor in the 1980s. During this time, he worked on Heaven's Gate (1980),{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56637|title=Heaven's Gate (1980)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602174334/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56637|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} Things Are Tough All Over,{{cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56891|title=Things Are Tough All Over (1982)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602180023/http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56891|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} and the Carl Reiner-directed Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) and The Man with Two Brains (1983).{{cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/56751-DEAD-MENDONTWEARPLAID|title=Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602181748/http://catalog.afi.com/Film/56751-DEAD-MENDONTWEARPLAID|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/58010|title=The Man with Two Brains (1983)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602182040/http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/58010|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} After completing Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers in 1984,{{cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57051|title=Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602182229/http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57051|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} Macdonald made his second collaboration with filmmaker Michael Cimino, after Heaven's Gate, with Year of the Dragon in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58428|title=Year of the Dragon (1985)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602182300/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58428|archive-date=June 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
Macdonald's first project serving as an assistant film editor was in 1988's television film Little Girl Lost. In the following years, he assisted with the editing of Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), the Perry Mason film The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993),{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58898|title=Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622071531/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58898|archive-date=June 22, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf and Nell (1994),{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb1569f8c|title=Skip Macdonald|website=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603161520/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb1569f8c|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=June 3, 2021}} Kansas and In Pursuit of Honor (1995), and Primal Fear (1996). In 1997, Macdonald had his "{{Linktext|big break}}" after becoming an editor for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/el-camino-editor-skip-macdonald-better-call-saul-emmys-production-value-interview-news/|title='El Camino' Editor Skip Macdonald On His 'Great Ride' With The 'Breaking Bad' Universe & Seeing It Come To An End — Production Value Video Series|date=August 20, 2020|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603221716/https://deadline.com/video/el-camino-editor-skip-macdonald-better-call-saul-emmys-production-value-interview-news/|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
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In 2008, Macdonald began editing the Vince Gilligan-created series Breaking Bad, a show that received universal acclaim and earned Macdonald (following three other nominations) the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in 2014 for his work on the series finale.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=breaking_bad|type=tv|title=Breaking Bad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603222918/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/breaking_bad|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} That same year, he worked on the drama series Fargo and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie. Macdonald made his second collaboration with Gilligan on the Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul, which earned him two more Emmy Award nominations.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=better_call_saul|type=tv|title=Better Call Saul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603222911/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/better_call_saul|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}} In 2019, he made his third collaboration with Gilligan on the Netflix film El Camino, a sequel to Breaking Bad centered on the character of Jesse Pinkman. The film, which also received universal acclaim from critics, earned Macdonald his tenth and most recent Primetime Emmy Award nomination.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=el_camino_a_breaking_bad_movie|type=m|title=El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603222902/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/el_camino_a_breaking_bad_movie|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/creative-arts-emmys-night-3-winners-1234769917/|title=Disney Plus and 'The Mandalorian' Win First Emmys on Night Three of Creative Arts Ceremonies (Full Winners List)|date=September 16, 2020|first=Danielle|last=Turchiano|website=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603223511/https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/creative-arts-emmys-night-3-winners-1234769917/|archive-date=June 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
Filmography
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Year
! Title ! Director ! Credited as |
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1980
| Assistant sound editor |
rowspan=2| 1982
| Thomas K. Avildsen | Assistant sound editor |
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
| Assistant sound editor |
1983
| Assistant sound editor |
1984
| Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | Assistant sound editor |
1985
| Assistant sound editor |
1991
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Assistant film editor |
rowspan=2| 1994
| White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | Ken Olin | Assistant editor |
Nell
| Lightworks assistant editor |
rowspan=2| 1996
| Assistant film editor |
A Very Brady Sequel
| Assistant film editor |
2006
| Assistant editor |
2007
| Editor |
2011
| Low Fidelity | Devon Gummersall | Editor |
2013
| Over/Under | Editor |
2019
| El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Editor |
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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rowspan=2| 1988
| Assistant film editor; television film |
Police Story: Cop Killer
| Assistant film editor; television film |
1993
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss | Assistant editor; television film |
rowspan=2| 1995
| Kansas | Associate editor; television film |
In Pursuit of Honor
| Co-editor; television film |
1997–1999
| Also assistant editor |
2000
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2001
| 1 episode |
2001–2002
| 2 episodes |
2003
| Hunter: Back in Force | Television film |
2005–2007
| Also assistant editor |
2006
| Weeds | Episode: "Crush Girl Love Panic" |
2007
| 2 episodes |
2008–2013
| {{hidden|Episodes|Season 1: "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" |
rowspan=2| 2011
| 1 episode |
Hell on Wheels
| Episode: "Hell on Wheels" |
2013
| 4 episodes |
2014–2015
| Fargo | {{hidden|Episodes|Season 1: "The Crocodile's Dilemma", "Eating the Blame", "Who Shaves the Barber?", "Morton's Fork" |
2015–2022
| {{hidden|Episodes|Season 1: "Uno", "Nacho", "Alpine Shepherd Boy", "Bingo", "Pimento" |
2016
| 1 episode |
2017
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | 4 episodes |
2018
| 3 episodes |
2019
| Chambers | 3 episodes |
2021
| 2 episodes |
Accolades
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0531941|Skip Macdonald}}
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Category:American Cinema Editors