title: Tom McArdle
text: # Tom McArdle
  
  Tom McArdle is an American film editor. He is best known as the editor for the films written and directed by Tom McCarthy, including The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011) and The Cobbler (2014). McArdle's latest collaboration with McCarthy in the film Spotlight (2015), got him his nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 88th Academy Awards and also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### As an editor
  
  * Stillwater (2021)
  * Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
  * What They Had (2018)
  * Marshall (2017)
  * Spotlight (2015)
  * The Cobbler (2014)
  * God's Pocket (2014)
  * In a World... (2013)
  * Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
  * Win Win (2011)
  * Tenure (2008)
  * Middle of Nowhere (2008)
  * Heckler (2007) (Documentary)
  * The Visitor (2007)
  * The Architect (2006)
  * Nadine in Date Land (2005) (TV Movie)
  * Duane Hopwood (2005)
  * Killer Diller (2004)
  * Boys on the Run (2003)
  * The Killing Zone (2003)
  * The Station Agent (2003)
  * Lone Hero (2002)
  * Whipped (2000)
  * Poor White Trash (2000)
  * Loving Jezebel (1999)
  * QM, I Think I Call Her QM (1999) (Short)
  * Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy (1998) (Documentary)
  * Hi-Life (1998)
  * Paranoia (1998)
  * A Hole in the Head (1998) (Documentary)
  * Better Than Ever (1997)
  * Talk to Me (1997)
  * Star Maps (1997)
  * Twisted (1996)
  * Sandman (Short) (1995)
  * The Keeper (1995)
  * Hand Gun (1994)
  * The Occult History of the Third Reich (Video Documentary) (1992)
  * Laws of Gravity (1992)
  
  ### Other credits
  
  * 2005: The Quiet (additional editor)
  * 2003: The Killing Zone (associate producer)
  * 2002: The Skateboard Show (TV Movie) (additional editor)
  
  ## Accolades
  
  | Year | Award | Category | Type | Nominated work |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 2016 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Film Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 2016 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 2016 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 2016 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Editing | Won | Spotlight |
  | 2015 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Film Editing | Runner-up | Spotlight |
  | 2015 | IPC Award | Best Editing | 3rd place | Spotlight |
  | 2015 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Film Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 2015 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Editing | Nominated | Spotlight |
  | 1998 | Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival | Best Editing | Won | Paranoia |
  