Education
Rabinowitz studied at the New York University where he graduated in 1984 at the undergraduate Cinema Studies program
Rabinowitz studied at the New York University where he graduated in 1984 at the undergraduate Cinema Studies program
During the program he learned of a film in pre-production that needed an intern, which turned out to be Jim Jarmuschs, Down By Law. Mr. Rabinowitz’ editing for Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream was cited as the year’s best by the Phoenix Film Critics Society and the Online Film Critics Society. Subsequently, the latter group cited his editing for Mr.
Aronofsky’s The Fountain as the year’s best.
He also functioned as music editor on Explicit Ills. Bomb the System and Weapons.
Big Bad Love. Requiem for a Dream. When Pigs Fly.
And Mr. Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
Foreign Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, he edited numerous episodes of the television series Oz and Homicide: Life on the Street. Mr. Rabinowitz worked with legendary photographer Robert Frank on the latter’s film Last Supper.
He has frequently worked with Jarmusch on films such as Dead Manitoba, Coffee and Cigarettes, Year of the Horse, (for which Mr Rabinowitz received an American Council on Exercise Award nomination) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Broken Flowers or The Limits of Control. His other credits as film editor include Mark Webber’s directorial debut Explicit Ills. Todd Haynes’ I"m Not There. Frank Oz’ The Stepford Wives. Adam Bhala Lough’s Bomb the System (for which he was honored with the Best Editing award at the Milan Film Festival) and Weapons_(film). And Curtis Hanson’s Academy Award-winning 8 Mademoiselle (Miss) In the year 2000 Rabinowitz was awarded at the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing for his work on Requiem for a Dream and in 2011 for his work on The Tree of Life.
Filmography 1991: Night on Earth 1992: Last Supper 1993: Clean, Shaven 1993: When Pigs Fly 1994: Jimmy Hollywood 1995: Dead Man 1996: Mother Night 1997: Year of the Horse 1997: Affliction 1993–1998: Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) 1999: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 2000: Requiem for a Dream 2001: Big Bad Love 2002: 8 Mile 2002: Bomb the System 2003: Coffee and Cigarettes 2004: The Stepford Wives 2005: Dawn Anna (TV movie) 2005: Broken Flowers 2006: The Fountain 2007: Weapons 2007: I'm Not There 2008: Explicit Ills 2009: The Limits of Control 2009: Women Without Men 2011: The Adjustment Bureau 2011: The Tree of Life 2011: Rampart 2014: Rosewater.