Jay Rabinowitz

Known for
Editing

Biography

Jay Rabinowitz is an ACE-certified American film editor and commercial editor. He is most frequently associated with the films of Jim Jarmusch and Darren Aronofsky. Rabinowitz studied at the New York University, where he graduated in 1984 at the undergraduate Cinema Studies program. During the program he learned of a film in pre-production that needed an intern, which turned out to be Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law (1986). He is credited as the assistant editor for several films in the next years, including Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989-edited by Melody London). Starting with Night on Earth (1991), Rabinowitz has been the editor for seven of Jarmusch's films: Dead Man (1995), Year of the Horse (1997), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), and The Limits of Control (2009). Mr. Rabinowitz' editing for Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000) won best editing awards from the Online Film Critics Society. He was also nominated for the Online Film Critics' award for Mr. Aronofsky's The Fountain (2006).

Known For

Filmography

2026
Is God Is poster

Is God Is

Movie · Editor

2026
Summer Tour poster

Summer Tour

Movie · Editor

2025
O'Dessa poster

O'Dessa

Movie · Editor

2024
IF poster

IF

Movie · Additional Editing

2022
Beast poster

Beast

Movie · Editor

2021
Aleph poster

Aleph

Movie · Consulting Editor

2021
Oslo poster

Oslo

Movie · Editor

2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday poster

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Movie · Editor

2020
Irresistible poster

Irresistible

Movie · Editor

2019
White Echo poster

White Echo

Movie · Editor

2018
Boy Erased poster

Boy Erased

Movie · Editor

2016
Junction 48 poster

Junction 48

Movie · Editor

2014
Rosewater poster

Rosewater

Movie · Editor

2012
First Point poster

First Point

Movie · Editor

2011
The Adjustment Bureau poster

The Adjustment Bureau

Movie · Editor

2011
Rampart poster

Rampart

Movie · Editor

2011
The Tree of Life poster

The Tree of Life

Movie · Editor

2009
Women Without Men poster

Women Without Men

Movie · Editor

2009
The Limits of Control poster

The Limits of Control

Movie · Editor

2008
Explicit Ills poster

Explicit Ills

Movie · Editor

2007
I'm Not There poster

I'm Not There

Movie · Editor

2007
Weapons poster

Weapons

Movie · Editor

2006
The Fountain poster

The Fountain

Movie · Editor

2005
Broken Flowers poster

Broken Flowers

Movie · Editor

2005
Bomb the System poster

Bomb the System

Movie · Editor

2005
Dawn Anna poster

Dawn Anna

Movie · Editor

2004
Coffee and Cigarettes poster

Coffee and Cigarettes

Movie · Editor

2004
The Stepford Wives poster

The Stepford Wives

Movie · Editor

2002
8 Mile poster

8 Mile

Movie · Editor

2002
Secretary poster

Secretary

Movie · Additional Editing

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet poster

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Movie · Editor

2000
Requiem for a Dream poster

Requiem for a Dream

Movie · Editor

2000
Homicide: The Movie poster

Homicide: The Movie

Movie · Editor

1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai poster

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Movie · Editor

1998
Affliction poster

Affliction

Movie · Editor

1998
Richard Lester! poster

Richard Lester!

Movie · Editor

1997
Year of the Horse poster

Year of the Horse

Movie · Editor

1996
Mother Night poster

Mother Night

Movie · Editor

1995
Clean, Shaven poster

Clean, Shaven

Movie · Editor

1995
Dead Man poster

Dead Man

Movie · Editor

1994
Jimmy Hollywood poster

Jimmy Hollywood

Movie · Editor

1994
The Bowery poster

The Bowery

Movie · Editor

1993
When Pigs Fly poster

When Pigs Fly

Movie · Editor

1992
Last Supper poster

Last Supper

Movie · Editor

1991
Night on Earth poster

Night on Earth

Movie · Editor

1990
Coyote Mountain

Coyote Mountain

Movie · Editor

1989
Mystery Train poster

Mystery Train

Movie · Assistant Editor