Curtiss Clayton

David Zieff

David Zieff's background includes such television sketch comedy shows as The State, Strangers with Candy and The Upright Citizens Brigade, as well as such documentary work as Michael Moore’s TV Nation and The Awful Truth, had worked with Berlinger and Sinofsky on the 1998 vérité TV doc Where It’s At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union.  Zieff''s recent work includes the acclaimed Metallica: Some Kind of Monster,  30 For 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York KnicksAmazing Journey: The Story of The Who and the documentary McConkey about deceased daredevil skier Shane McConkey.  His recent work includes Happy Valley, about the Penn State sexual abuse story; and NAS: Time is Illmatic, about the making of hip hop star Nas' debut album, "Illmatic."

 

Documentary editor David Zieff talks about editing the film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.