title: Stuart Bass
text: # Stuart Bass
  
  Stuart Bass, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director. He is best known for his work on the television series The Wonder Years, MacGyver, The Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Bass was born in Montreal, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978 in Communication Arts and a M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980. In 2009, The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine stated that "Stuart Bass Brings a Cinematic Sensibility to Cutting Comedy". He is a member of American Cinema Editors. He was a governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017. He retired as an editor/director in 2019 and is pursuing fine art photography.
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  | Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | The Office |
  | 2008 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette |
  | 2008 | Won | Hollywood Professional Association | Outstanding Editing - Television | Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette |
  | 2006 | Nominated | Hollywood Professional Association | Outstanding Editing - Television | Arrested Development |
  | 2006 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Arrested Development |
  | 2005 | Won | American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television | Arrested Development |
  | 1997 | Nominated | American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television | Sabrina the Teenage Witch |
  | 1994 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | But... Seriously |
  | 1989 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television | Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Crucible |
  