Episocal Academy Grad Jennifer Lame Wins Best Editing Oscar

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — A graduate of Episcopal Academy brought home an Oscar Sunday night during the 96th Academy Awards.

Jennifer Lame, Class of 2000, won the award for Best Editing for her work on Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer," which tells the story of the development of the atomic bomb.

According to the school, Lame was on the Varsity Crew team, was a manager for the varsity football team, a member of the Key Club and Stock Market Club and was a weekly tutor at Bryn Mawr Tutoring.

She attended the school when it was located in Merion Station.

She later attended Wesleyan University where she studied under documentary editor Jacob Bricca, according to Episcopal Academy.

Other films she has edited include "Hereditary," "Marriage Story," "Judas and the Black Messiah," and "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

Oppenheimer won Best Picture, Directing, Leading Actor, and Adapted Screenplay at Sunday's awards ceremony.

Lame is one of two winners at the awards with Philadelphia-area ties.

Da'Vine Joy-Randolph, a native of Philadelphia and Temple University graduate, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers."

Two others with connections to the city, Philly's Colman Domingo and Abington's Bradley Cooper, were nominated for awards but came home empty-handed.