director film editor film producer
His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for Public Broadcasting Service and Home Box Office"s The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker"s Laboratory and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
1978 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) Emmy Awards Emmy Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (with co-editors Stephen A Rotter, Robert M Reitano, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston) 1979 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) American Cinema Editors (American Council on Exercise) Eddie Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series 1982 – Reds (nominated) American Cinema Editors (American Council on Exercise) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (with co-editor Dede Allen) 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award - Best Editing 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) American Cinema Editors (American Council on Exercise) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film.
He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700.
