Jeff Draheim | |
Honorific Suffix: | ACE |
Birth Name: | Jeff Jerry Draheim |
Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
Education: | Millard High School |
Alma Mater: | University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Southern California |
Known For: | Film editing |
Notable Works: | The Princess and the Frog Frozen Moana Frozen II Wish |
Spouse: | Adrienne Biggs |
Jeff Jerry Draheim (born 1963) is an American film editor. He mostly works in the Hollywood industry, especially in animation.[1] [2] He debuted with 1997 video game Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules. His film credits include The Princess and the Frog, Frozen, Moana, Frozen II, and Wish.[3] He has won one Eddie Award and has been nominated for two Eddie and Annie Awards.[4]
Jeff Draheim was born in 1963 to Jan and Jerry Draheim, who lived in Omaha at that time. He graduated high school at Millard High School in 1981. He studied film and broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Southern California.
Upon graduation he worked at Morin Advertising and KPTM television at Omaha and did video post-production at Avid, Inc. in Orlando. He joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1994 and worked as a lead editor for Florida division, creating animation for commercials, documentaries and theme park presentations. From there he gradually worked his way up to animated shorts and then features, working on movies like Brother Bear, The Princess and the Frog and the Academy Award winning 2014 short Feast.[5] Later he worked on Frozen, Moana, Frozen II, and Wish.
He lives in Valencia, California with his wife Adrienne and their two children.
Year | Work | Notes | Reference |
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1997 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules | (Video Game) | [6] |
2007 | How to Hook Up Your Home Theater | (Short) | |
2009 | The Princess and the Frog | ||
2010 | Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa | (TV Short) | |
2011 | The Ballad of Nessie | (Short) | |
(TV Short) | |||
2013 | Frozen | ||
2014 | Feast | (Short) | |
2015 | Frozen Fever | ||
2016 | Moana | ||
2019 | Frozen II | ||
2023 | Wish |
Year | Work | Job | Notes | Reference |
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1996 | Pinocchio | (editor: animation) | (Video Game) | |
Pocahontas | (editor: animation) | (Video Game) | ||
2000 | John Henry | (supervising editor) | (Short) | |
2003 | Brother Bear | (associate editor) | ||
2005 | Kronk's New Groove | (lead editor) | (Video) | |
2006 | Brother Bear 2 | (supervising editor) | (Video) | |
2008 | (additional editor) | (Video) | ||
2014 | (associate editor) | |||
2016 | Zootopia | (additional editorial support) |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Reference | |
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2014 | Eddie Award | Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Frozen | |||
Annie Award | Outstanding Achievement in Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | [7] | ||||
2017 | Eddie Award | Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Moana | [8] | ||
Annie Award | Outstanding Achievement in Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | [9] | ||||
2020 | Eddie Award | Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Frozen II | [10] |