Christopher Gay

Known for

Editing

Christopher Gay (born 17 June 1977) is an American film and television editor and producer. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, he began his career in the editorial department as a second assistant editor on The Recordist, then worked as an assistant editor on CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, The Magnificent Cooly-T, and as an assistant editor and post-production production assistant on Mad Men, before progressing to editor. Gay went on to edit 15 episodes of Mad Men, working on the acclaimed drama between 2012 and 2015. His work on the series earned him several award nominations, including a 2012 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for the episode "Far Away Places." He also received a 2015 American Cinema Editors Eddie Award nomination for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television for the episode "Waterloo," as well as Online Film & Television Association Award nominations for Best Editing in a Series in 2012 and 2014, the latter shared with editors Tom Wilson and Chris Figler.