Jamal El-Amin is the editor of the film, The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music that Changed America. Although he has worked in the editorial field for the last 17 years, The Savoy King, is his first feature-length documentary.

Early in his career, El-Amin worked as an assistant editor, mainly in feature films. He has worked with such famed directors as Spike Lee and Woody Allen. To see a partial list of his credits, please visit the Internet Movie Database.

Over the last five years, he has worked as an editor in the documentary arena, including many different PBS broadcast shows, such as NOW on PBS and Bill Moyers: On Faith and Reason.

In addition, El-Amin served as an associate producer for Jonathan Demme’s television mini-series: Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward.

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