Jonathan Schwartz

Jonathan Schwartz edited the first two seasons of Modern Family, for which he earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing and won an Eddie, awarded by American Cinema Editors, for Best-Edited Half-Hour Series.

Schwartz began his career in features, apprenticing under Oscar-winning editor Paul Hirsch (Star Wars, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible) and assisting two-time Oscar-winner Joe Hutshing (JFK, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous).  Schwartz served as assistant editor on eight films, during which time he also edited an independent feature, several shorts, and countless acting reels for friends.

In the spring of 2009, Schwartz edited a few test scenes for a pilot called My American Family.  It was a small weekend gig, but the pilot's director, Jason Winer, enjoyed working with Schwartz and offered him an editor position if the pilot got picked up to series.  It did, but with a new title: Modern Family.

After two successful seasons, Schwartz left Modern Family to explore new material and relationships.  He edited House of Lies and The Big C, both for Showtime, before completing his first significant feature, the military thriller Allegiance.  Between these projects, Schwartz edited several pilots for such directors as Larry Charles (Borat, The Dictator), Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said), and John Hamburg (I Love You, Man).

More recently, Schwartz shot the action-comedy Let's Be Cops for 20th Century Fox, and the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, for Warner. Bros.

A native of Washington, DC, Schwartz studied film history and theory at Columbia University before moving to Los Angeles in 2004.

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