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KABIR AKHTAR, ACE • EDITOR Primetime Emmy Winner • Emmy Nominee x3 SELECTED EDITING CREDITS CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 62 Eps (Pilot, Seasons 1-4) — Producer / Supervising Editor CW Marc Webb, Don Scardino, Joanna • Emmy Winner — Single Camera Comedy Editing, 2016 Kerns (dirs). Aline Brosh Mckenna, • ACE Eddie Nomination — Comedy Editing, 2018 Rachel Bloom (EPs) ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 15 Episodes (Season 4) — Supervising Editor NETFLIX Mitch Hurwitz, Troy Miller (EPs) • Emmy Nomination — Single Camera Comedy Editing, 2013 • ACE Eddie Nomination — Half-Hour Comedy Editing, 2014 NEW GIRL 17 Episodes (Seasons 3-4) FOX David Katzenberg, Alex Hardcastle, Richie Keen, Bill Purple (directors) THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS Opening Film ABC Billy Crystal, Troy Miller (EPs) • Emmy Nomination — Short-form Picture Editing, 2012 CAMPING Season 1 HBO Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner (EPs) ALEX, INC. Pilot — Editor & Co-Producer ABC Zach Braff, Matt Tarses (EPs) SPEECHLESS Pilot ABC Jake Kasdan, Scott Silveri (EPs) THE 78TH ACADEMY AWARDS Opening Film ABC Troy Miller (director) THE 63RD PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS Opening Film FOX Troy Miller, Kabir Akhtar (directors) TRACEY ULLMAN'S STATE OF THE UNION 5 Episodes (Season 1) SHOWTIME Tracey Ullman, Allan McKeown (EPs) AWKWARD Season 4 MTV Chris Alberghini, Mike Chessler (EPs) SCHLUB LIFE Pilot COMEDY CENTRAL Victor Nelli (director) MEGAWINNER Pilot SPIKE David Stassen, Ike Barinholtz (EPs) WYCLEF JEAN IN AMERICA Pilot HBO Troy Miller (director) GREG & DONNY Pilot IFC Troy Miller (director) WAIT WAIT, DON'T TELL ME! Short Films CBS Kabir Akhtar (director) MARTIN SHORT: LET FREEDOM HUM TBS Troy Miller (director) UNSOLVED MYSTERIES Pilot SPIKE Kabir Akhtar, others (directors) BORAT MOVIEFILMS SPECIAL PREVIEW COMEDY CENTRAL Tracey Baird (producer) UNSCRIPTED I'M WITH BUSEY Pilot COMEDY CENTRAL Gary Busey (EP) MIDNIGHTLY NEWS FOX Courteney Cox, David Arquette (EPs) VIVA LA BAM MTV Troy Miller (director) LIVE FROM LA MUSIC VIDEO Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube BEHIND THE MUSIC 6 Episodes VH1 Agent (below the line): Barbara Halperin @ Gersh — 310.274.6611 [email protected] • elevenpictures.com.

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