15 Facts About Sally Menke

Sally JoAnne Menke was an American film editor, who worked in cinema and television.

Sally Menke had a long-time collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, and edited all of his films until her death in 2010.

Sally Menke received three British Academy Film Award nominations for her work on Tarantino's Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds.

Sally Menke was nominated 25 times for several different awards, and won 12 in her thirty-year career.

Sally Menke attended the PK Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Florida, and graduated in 1972.

In 1992, Sally Menke met Quentin Tarantino when he was holding interviews for an editor.

Sally Menke was hiking in Canada when she learned she got the job.

Sally Menke was selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Sally Menke's final editing credit was on the film Peacock, a thriller released in 2010, directed by Michael Lander.

Sally Menke married film and television director Dean Parisot in 1986.

Sally Menke went hiking on the morning of September 27,2010, with a friend and her dog.

Sally Menke's locked car was found in a parking lot at the park.

On September 28,2010, Sally Menke's body was discovered at the bottom of a ravine near the 5600 block of Green Oak Drive.

Sally Menke's dog was found alive, sitting beside her body.

Sally Menke has two additional credits for editing television documentaries: Hans Bethe: Prophet of Energy and The Congress.