Barry Alan Poltermann (born January 12, 1964) is an American film editor, director, and producer.

Poltermann is known for editing the Sundance Grand Prize winning documentary American Movie (1999) and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy in 2018. He also edited the Sundance Special Jury Prize winning feature, The Pool (2008) and the limited documentary series The Last Movie Stars (2022).

American Movie was named by The New York Times as one of the “1,000 Greatest Movies Ever Made”[1] and the International Documentary Association named it as one of the top 20 documentaries of all time.[2] The Life of Reilly (2007) was Rotten Tomatoes best-reviewed documentary of 2007.[3] I Am Not Alone won Audience Awards at the Toronto International Film Festival, Doc NYC & The American Film Institute's AFI Fest.[4]

Poltermann has edited or story-supervised multiple projects that are Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, including American Movie, The Life of Reilly, The Pool, Collapse, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Whirlybird and The Last Movie Stars.

Filmography (selected)

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994AswangDirector, EditorSundance Film Festival
1999American MovieEditorWinner, Sundance Grand Prize
2007The Life of ReillyDirector, EditorSXSW
2007The PoolEditorWinner, Sundance Jury Prize
2009CollapseEditorToronto Film Festival
2015Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever MadeEditorSXSW
2017Jim & Andy: The Great BeyondEditorVenice Biennale, Emmy Nominee
2019I Am Not AloneEditorToronto Film Festival
2020WhirlybirdStory SupervisorSundance Film Festival
2022The Last Movie StarsEditorCannes Film Festival
2023WildcatEditorTelluride Film Festival

References

  1. "NY Times "1,000 Greatest Movies Ever Made"". The New York Times. 2003-04-29. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. ""Bowling for Columbine Tops Best Documentary List", 12-12-2002". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. "Best of Rottentomatoes.com, 2007". Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, September 15, 2019.
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