MELISSA KENT film editor

A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.

DIRECTOR: Deon Taylor

PRODUCED BY: Roxanne Avent

CAST: Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, and Dennis Quaid

Screen Gems

Los Angeles Times: with an edit by Melissa Kent that—there’s no other way to say it—absolutely rips.

The story of how Mötley Crüe came to be one of the most notorious rock 'n roll groups in history.

DIRECTOR: Jeff Tremaine

PRODUCED BY: Julie Yorn, Erik Olsen

CAST: Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Colson Baker, Daniel Webber

BASED ON THE BOOK BY: Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx with Neil Strauss

An LBI Entertainment, 10th Street Entertainment, Gorilla Flicks, Mötley Crüe Production

Netflix

DIRECTOR: Sofia Coppola

PRODUCED BY: Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley

CAST: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Michael Pare, Danny DeVito

Paramount Classics

Growing up is a tall order.

DIRECTOR: Emily Ting

PRODUCED BY: McG, Mary Viola, Corey Marsh

CAST: Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Angela Kinsey, Steve Zahn

Netflix

A young couple travel on a romantic getaway to the mountains only to be terrorized by a vicious group of sex traffickers with whom they become locked in a desperate struggle for survival.

DIRECTOR: Deon Taylor

PRODUCED BY: Roxanne Avent, Deon Taylor

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mark Burg, Robert Smith

CAST: Paula Patton, Omar Epps, Laz Alonso, Roselyn Sanchez, Luke Goss, Missi Pyle

Hidden Empire Film Group

Lionsgate

A young woman, born at the turn of 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality.

DIRECTOR: Lee Toland Krieger

PRODUCED BY: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi

PRODUCER: Sidney Kimmel

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Richard Wright, Andre Lamal, David Kern, Eric Reid, Jim Tauber, Bruce Toll

CAST: Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker

Lakeshore Entertainment

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Lionsgate

Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a road trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.

DIRECTOR: Tamra Davis

WRITTEN BY: Shonda Rhimes

PRODUCED BY: Ann Carli

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mark Burg, Robert Smith

CAST: Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning

MTV Films

Paramount Pictures

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

DIRECTOR: Ewan McGregor

PRODUCED BY: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andre Lamal

CAST: Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Uzo Aduba

Lakeshore Entertainment

Lionsgate

CineMontage: Editing the Images and Sounds of American Pastoral

A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping to recover from a career-threatening injury.

DIRECTOR: Sanaa Hamri

PRODUCED BY: Debra Martin Chase, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere

CAST: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, Phylicia Rashad

Fox Searchlight

CAPTIVE, based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith, a single mother struggling with drug addiction; and Brian Nichols, who takes her hostage in her own apartment after breaking out of jail and murdering the judge assigned to his case.

DIRECTOR: Jerry Jameson

PRODUCED BY: Jerry Jameson, Terry Botwick, David Oyelowo

CAST: David Oyelowo, Kate Mara

Paramount Pictures

Below The Line News: "Kent enhanced the dramatic tension with an editorial approach that is deliberate, but understated."

DIRECTOR: Michael Sucsy

PRODUCED BY: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman

CAST: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman

Spyglass Entertainment

Screen Gems

DIRECTOR: Seth Gordon

EDITED with Mark Helfrich

PRODUCED BY: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Peter Billingsley, Toby Emmerich, Michael Disco, Richard Brener, Mark Kaufman, Guy Riedel

CAST: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Kristen Chenoweth, Tim McGraw

DIRECTOR: Sanaa Hamri

CAST: Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel

PRODUCED BY: Debra Martin Chase, Denise Di Novi, Broderick Johnson, Kira Davis

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Andrew A. Kosove, Christine Sacani, Alison Greenspan, Leslie Morgenstein, Bob Levy

Alcon Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

Kenya McQueen, an accountant, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.

DIRECTOR: Sanaa Hamri

PRODUCER: Stephanie Allain

CAST: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Alfre Woodard, Taraji P. Henson, Donald Faison, Mike Epps

Focus Features

At Pacific High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

DIRECTOR: John Stockwell

PRODUCED BY: Mary Jane Ufland, Harry Ufland, Rachel Pfeffer

CAST: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, and Bruce Davison

Touchstone Pictures

A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York finds themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Duane Adler

PRODUCED BY: Robert W. Cort, Eric Hetzel, Soo Man Lee, Patricia Chun

CAST: Derek Hough, BoA, Will Yun Lee, Wesley Jonathan

CJ Entertainment, SM Entertainment, Robert Cort Productions

Lionsgate Int'l.

DIRECTOR: Walter Hill

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Francis Ford Coppola

CAST: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli

MGM

After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state-of-the-art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.

DIRECTOR: Anthony Fabian

PRODUCER: Anthony Mastromauro

CAST: David Duchovny, Hope Davis

ADDITIONAL EDITOR

DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola

PRODUCERS: Kim Aubry, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos

CAST: Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Hall, Diane Lane

Zoetrope Studios

Warner Bros.

ADDITIONAL EDITOR

DIRECTOR: Michael Ritchie

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Francis Ford Coppola

CAST: Joel Grey, Joey McIntyre, Jean Louisa Kelly

United Artists

CO-EDITOR

DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola

PRODUCERS: Fred Fuchs, Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther

EDITOR: Barry Malkin

CAST: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Dean Stockwell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Madsen, Mickey Rourke

Paramount Pictures

Four unstable twenty-something women search for long-term relationships in 1990s Los Angeles.

DIRECTOR: Rory Kelly

PRODUCERS: Boaz Davidson, Abra Edelman, Gay Ribisi

CAST: Juliette Lewis, Pamela Adlon, Jeremy Sisto, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, Michael Rapaport, Marissa Rabisi

ADDITIONAL EDITOR

DIRECTOR: Gregory Nava

PRODUCER: Anna Thomas

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Francis Ford Coppola

CAST: Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Lopez

New Line Cinema