Troy Takaki

WORK HISTORY

ABOUT TROY TAKAKI

Takaki moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to pursue his filmmaking career after graduating with a degree in cinema from San Francisco State University. Starting in television, he worked on such hit series as “Desperate Housewives,” “Ally McBeal,” and “Tales from the Crypt” Troy Takaki has cut such box office hits as “Sweet Home Alabama,” “The Bounty Hunter,” “Fool’s Gold,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” and “Hitch.” Takaki is one of the few picture editors that splits his time between features and television. He recently edited shows such as “YOU” and “Mr. Mercedes”, and the movie “Cheaper by the Dozen.” He is currently working on the series “Dead Boy Detectives” for HBO MAX. In addition to editing, Takaki has also been active in the ACE internship program since 2003. He founded the ACE Diversity Mentorship Program in 2015, its mission statement being, “To help mentor young editors with the goal of them being ACE members one day and to create a more diverse editing community that includes members of traditionally underrepresented groups.” Takaki is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches the class “Career Planning Post-Production”.