Penelope Shaw Sylvester
Penelope Shaw Sylvester | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | film editor |
| Years active | 1978-1990 |
| Spouse | Donald Sylvester |
| Parent | Robert Shaw |
| Relatives | Ian Shaw step-brother Tanya Landman cousin |
Penelope Shaw Sylvester is an American film editor. She worked with director Michael Cimino on the Academy award winning film The Deer Hunter.
Career
Sylvester is credited as assistant editor under the name 'Penelope Shaw' on the 1978 film The Deer Hunter.[1][2] Working with Michael Cimino[3] and Peter Zinner, she spent about 100 hours collating six hundred thousand feet of film, during a time before digital editing when film was cut and spliced together.[4] Zinner received an Academy Award for Best Film Editing, an American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film and a British Academy Film Award for Best Editing.[5]
Sylvester is also credited as an assistant editor under the name Penelope Shaw on the 1980 film Heaven's Gate, 1984 David Lynch film Dune and on the 1985 Richard Fleischer film Red Sonja.[6]
Personal life
Sylvester is a daughter of actor Robert Shaw and his third wife Jennifer Bourke.
Sylvester is married to Donald Sylvester, a film and sound editor, who she encouraged to pursue a career in film after his time working in the music industry and in entertainment law. They have a son, Peter and a daughter Louise.[7][8]
References
- ^ Elton, Charles (2022). Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision. New York: Abrams Press. p. 59.
- ^ The Deer Hunter (1978) - Full cast & crew - IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-07 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Brody, Richard (2022-05-22). "A New Biography of Michael Cimino Is as Fascinating and Melancholy as the Filmmaker Himself". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Elton, Charles (2022). Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision. New York: Abrams Press. p. 93.
- ^ "Peter Zinner, 88; film editor won Oscar for 'The Deer Hunter'". Los Angeles Times. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Penelope Shaw | Editor, Editorial Department, Production Manager". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Feaster, Felicia. "Propulsive soundscape of 'Ford v Ferrari' has Georgia roots". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Graham, Jennifer (2020-02-11). "An Oscar winner thanked his wife for staying home with their kids. Twitter did not approve". Deseret News. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
External links
- Penelope Shaw Sylvester at IMDb
- "Michael got along with women very well": Penny Shaw interview with author Charles Elton, April 26, 2019.