Jay Wade Edwards

Jay Wade Edwards

Jay Wade Edwards (born September 12, 1968) is an American film director, television producer and editor. Jay Edwards started as professional television and film editor in 1991 after receiving a Bachelor's degree from Auburn University. He was a staff editor at Turner Studios before he joined Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and worked as editor and producer on several series. He edited Space Ghost Coast to Coast, with Ned Hastings using recycled clips from the original series and reorganized them on the Avid non-linear editor, even animated lips, for a "talk show" style program. He was the senior editor and producer of the animated series, The Aqua Teen Hunger Force and for the feature Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. He also directed the live-action Assisted Living Dracula clip for Season 1's Bus of the Undead and was an occasional voice actor, using his own name. He also edits Squidbillies and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell for Adult Swim. Animation editor Brad Lee Zimmerman said about mentors, "Jay Edwards, Ned Hastings, Dave Willis, and Matt Maiellaro are production cornerstones at Adult Swim and have been since it began."Edwards’s television credits include editing work on Disney's Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, and Star vs. the Forces of Evil. He has also worked on documentaries for CNN and TBS, and numerous promotional campaigns.

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