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For nearly four decades, David Zieff has shaped award-winning documentaries, features and television across music, comedy, and sociopolitical landscapes. Most recently, he edited the Tribeca Festival Spotlight Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive and Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave, which earned seven Emmy nominations and three wins, including Best Editing. His work on Amazon’s Emmy-winning Wildcat received an IDA nomination for Best Editing.

Zieff’s credits include the Tribeca-opening Time Is Illmatic, chronicling rap icon NAS’s landmark debut album, and Alive Inside, the Sundance Audience Award-winning film exploring music and memory. He also directed and edited McConkey, an Emmy-nominated portrait of the legendary extreme skier, and won a coveted Peabody Award for the documentary mini-series Black Magic.

His numerous Sundance entries include Crazy Love-- which won Best Documentary at the Independent Spirit Awards, for which he was also a producer-- Happy Valley, Amir Bar-Lev’s exploration of the Penn State scandal, and ESPN’s acclaimed Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks. Zieff also edited the multi-award-winning Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, shaping 1,600 hours of footage into one of the most celebrated music films of all time. As a creative consultant, Zieff has contributed to dozens of films, including the Oscar-winning The Cove.

A mentor and educator as well as an artist, he was selected to serve as a Creative Advisor at the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit & Story Lab and as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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2 wins and 2 nominations

Filmography

Actor

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Escape from It's a Wonderful Life TV Movie1996Additional voice

Editor

54

Type

Year

Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Poster

Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Feature Film2023

Wildcat Feature Film2022

The First Wave Poster

The First Wave Feature Film2021

The Boy from Medellín Poster

The Boy from Medellín Documentary2020

The Vow TV Series2020

After the Murder of Albert Lima Poster

After the Murder of Albert Lima Documentary2019

Basketball: A Love Story Poster

Basketball: A Love Story TV Series2018

Among the Believers Poster

Among the Believers Documentary2015

Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory Poster

Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory Documentary2014

Happy Valley Poster

Happy Valley Documentary2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic Poster

Nas: Time Is Illmatic Documentary2014

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale Poster

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale TV Special2013

McConkey Poster

McConkey Documentary2013

Inside Comedy Poster

Inside Comedy TV Series2012

Paul Williams: Still Alive Poster

Paul Williams: Still Alive Documentary2011

Exporting Raymond Poster

Exporting Raymond Documentary2010

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

Black Magic Poster

Black Magic Mini-Series2008

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who Poster

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who Documentary2007

Crazy Love Poster

Crazy Love Documentary2007

Human Giant Poster

Human Giant TV Series2007

Viva Baseball! Poster

Viva Baseball! Documentary2005

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable Poster

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable Documentary2004

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Poster

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Documentary2004

One Who Day Documentary2002

Insomniac with Dave Attell Poster

Insomniac with Dave Attell TV Series2001

The Next Big Thing Poster

The Next Big Thing Feature Film2001

FanClub TV Series2000

TV Funhouse Poster

TV Funhouse TV Series2000

Strangers with Candy Poster

Strangers with Candy TV Series1999

The Awful Truth Poster

The Awful Truth TV Series1999

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Poster

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends TV Series1998

Upright Citizens Brigade Poster

Upright Citizens Brigade TV Series1998

Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union Documentary1998

Lifebreath Poster

Lifebreath Feature Film1997

Robinson Crusoe Poster

Robinson Crusoe Feature Film1997

TV Nation: Volume Two Poster

TV Nation: Volume Two Documentary1997

Unauthorized Biography: Milo, Death of a Supermodel TV Special1997

Viva Variety Poster

Viva Variety TV Series1997

Dearly Beloved Short Film1996

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life TV Movie1996

Persona Non Grata Short Film1996

Pranks TV Series1996

My Father's Garden Poster

My Father's Garden Documentary1995

Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video Poster

Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video Documentary1994

TV Nation Poster

TV Nation TV Series1994

America Undercover Poster

America Undercover TV Series1993

The State Poster

The State TV Series1993

Wilderness: The Last Stand Documentary1993

You Wrote It, You Watch It Poster

You Wrote It, You Watch It TV Series1992

Sex in the 90's Mini-Series1990

Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon Documentary1989

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Editorial Department

30

Type

Year

The Dark Wizard Poster

The Dark Wizard TV Series2026

Retrograde Poster

Retrograde Feature Film2022

The Human Trial Poster

The Human Trial Documentary2022

The Alpinist Poster

The Alpinist Documentary2021

The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Poster

The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Documentary2021

AKA Jane Roe Poster

AKA Jane Roe TV Movie2020

Personhood Poster

Personhood Documentary2019

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On Poster

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On Mini-Series2017

The Dawn Wall Poster

The Dawn Wall Documentary2017

Disturbing the Peace Poster

Disturbing the Peace Documentary2016

One Big Home Poster

One Big Home Documentary2016

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies Poster

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies Documentary2015

Look at Us Now, Mother! Poster

Look at Us Now, Mother! Documentary2015

Speed Sisters Poster

Speed Sisters Documentary2015

A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake Poster

A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake Documentary2014

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Poster

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Documentary2013

Sexy Baby Poster

Sexy Baby Documentary2012

Happy on the Ground: 8 Days at Grammy Camp Poster

Happy on the Ground: 8 Days at Grammy Camp Documentary2011

The Lottery Poster

The Lottery Documentary2010

The Cove Poster

The Cove Documentary2009

Waiting for Hockney Poster

Waiting for Hockney Documentary2008

Toots Documentary2006

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Poster

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Documentary2004

The Awful Truth Poster

The Awful Truth TV Series1999

Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union Documentary1998

TV Nation: Volume Two Poster

TV Nation: Volume Two Documentary1997

Wigstock: The Movie Poster

Wigstock: The Movie Documentary1995

Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video Poster

Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video Documentary1994

TV Nation Poster

TV Nation TV Series1994

The State Poster

The State TV Series1993

Producer

6

Type

Year

Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Poster

Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Feature Film2023

Basketball: A Love Story Poster

Basketball: A Love Story TV Series2018

Paul Williams: Still Alive Poster

Paul Williams: Still Alive Documentary2011

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

Black Magic Poster

Black Magic Mini-Series2008

Crazy Love Poster

Crazy Love Documentary2007

Thanks

3

Type

Year

American Symphony Poster

American Symphony Feature Film2023

Mystic Ball Poster

Mystic Ball Documentary2006

Toots Documentary2006

Other Crew

3

The Alpinist Poster

The Alpinist Documentary2021

The Dawn Wall Poster

The Dawn Wall Documentary2017

The Cove Poster

The Cove Documentary2009

Director

2

Type

Year

McConkey Poster

McConkey Documentary2013

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life TV Movie1996

Music Department

1

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life TV Movie1996

Sound Department

1

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life TV Movie1996

Writer

1

McConkey Poster

McConkey Documentary2013

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