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Jon Lefkovitz is the director of "Rubber Soul", a feature film about John Lennon, which screened at the SXSW Film Festival and was awarded the Founders Prize by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival. Jon's acclaimed feature-length documentary "Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch" was approved by the legendary film editor and sound designer himself. He was also an editor on the theatrically released documentaries "Clemente" (SXSW 2024), which aired on the History Channel, and "11/8/16", released on Netflix and Amazon. Jon has edited trailers, music videos and commercials for clients including Sony, Disney, Paramount, FX, Tribeca Film and Starz, as well as dozens of mashups that have been published by Slate, HuffPost and The A.V. Club. He lives with his wife Talia, sons Emmett and Shiloh and dog Beta in the great city of Pittsburgh.…Jon Lefkovitz is the director of "Rubber Soul", a feature film about John Lennon, which screened at the SXSW Film Festival and was awarded the Founders Prize by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival. Jon's acclaimed feature-length documentary "Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch" was approved by the legendary film editor and sound designer himself. He was also an editor on the theatrically released documentaries "Clemente" (SXSW 2024), which aired on the History Channel, and "11/8/16", released on Netflix and Amazon. Jon has edited trailers, music videos and commercials for clients including Sony, Disney, Paramount, FX, Tribeca Film and Starz, as well as dozens of mashups that have been published by Slate, HuffPost and The A.V. Club. He lives with his wife Talia, sons Emmett and Shiloh and dog Beta in the great city of Pittsburgh.

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Jon Lefkovitz is the director of "Rubber Soul", a feature film about John Lennon, which screened at the SXSW Film Festival and was awarded the Founders Prize by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival. Jon's acclaimed feature-length documentary "Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch" was approved by the legendary film editor and sound designer himself. He was also an editor on the theatrically released documentaries "Clemente" (SXSW 2024), which aired on the History Channel, and "11/8/16", released on Netflix and Amazon. Jon has edited trailers, music videos and commercials for clients including Sony, Disney, Paramount, FX, Tribeca Film and Starz, as well as dozens of mashups that have been published by Slate, HuffPost and The A.V. Club. He lives with his wife Talia, sons Emmett and Shiloh and dog Beta in the great city of Pittsburgh.…Jon Lefkovitz is the director of "Rubber Soul", a feature film about John Lennon, which screened at the SXSW Film Festival and was awarded the Founders Prize by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival. Jon's acclaimed feature-length documentary "Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch" was approved by the legendary film editor and sound designer himself. He was also an editor on the theatrically released documentaries "Clemente" (SXSW 2024), which aired on the History Channel, and "11/8/16", released on Netflix and Amazon. Jon has edited trailers, music videos and commercials for clients including Sony, Disney, Paramount, FX, Tribeca Film and Starz, as well as dozens of mashups that have been published by Slate, HuffPost and The A.V. Club. He lives with his wife Talia, sons Emmett and Shiloh and dog Beta in the great city of Pittsburgh.

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Jon Lefkovitz is the director of “Rubber Soul”, a feature film about John Lennon, which screened at the SXSW Film Festival and was awarded the Founders Prize by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival. Jon’s acclaimed feature-length documentary “Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch” was approved by the legendary film editor and sound designer himself. He was also an editor on the theatrically released documentaries “Clemente” (SXSW 2024), which aired on the History Channel, and “11/8/16”, released on Netflix and Amazon.

Jon has edited trailers, music videos and commercials for clients including Sony, Disney, Paramount, FX, Tribeca Film and Starz, as well as dozens of mashups that have been published by Slate, HuffPost and The A.V. Club.

He lives with his wife Talia, sons Emmett and Shiloh and dog Beta in the great city of Pittsburgh.

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Freelance Editor at self

August 1, 2011 - Present

Feature-length and short films, trailers, sizzle reels and commercials for clients including Sony, FX, Tribeca Film, Starz, UnitedHealthcare and the Heinz Endowments.

Staff Editor at The Ant Farm

September 1, 2007 - August 1, 2011

Feature-length Documentary editor at various

January 31, 2013 - Present

"Clemente" (2025) (executive produced by LeBron James and Richard Linklater.) (co-editor) // "Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch" (2020) (approved by the legendary film editor & sound designer ("Apocalypse Now", "The Conversation") himself // "11/8/16" (2017) Feature-length documentary distributed by The Orchard theatrically and on Netflix and Amazon (co-editor) // "Rubber Soul" (SXSW Film Festival official selection and winner of Founders’ Prize at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival)

Freelance Editor at Self-employed

January 1, 2011 - Present

Editor responsible for feature-length and short films, trailers, sizzle reels, and commercials for clients including Sony, FX, Tribeca Film, Starz, UnitedHealthcare, and the Heinz Endowments; based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Co-Editor at Clemente

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025

Co-editor on a feature-length documentary about Roberto Clemente, executive produced by LeBron James. Nationally distributed in theaters and on The History Channel. Won the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW Film Festival.

Director, Editor at Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020

Director and editor on a feature-length documentary about Oscar-winning editor and sound designer Walter Murch; approved by Murch and used in film schools worldwide.

Co-Editor at The Orchard / Amazon

November 8, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Co-editor on a feature-length documentary distributed theatrically by The Orchard and on Netflix; production based in Los Angeles, CA.

Director, Writer (Adaptation), Editor at Rubber Soul

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014

Feature film about John Lennon; World Premiere at SXSW Film Festival; Winner, Founders’ Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival.