Gregory Plotkin is a Los Angeles native who grew up enamored with the film industry, specifically editing and directing. He graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in English and started his editorial career assisting on such films as Pleasantville, The Insider and Pay It Forward. He made the transition to editor by associate editing the features Friday Night Lights, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story and Fracture.
In 2009, Plotkin made his studio debut as lead editor on Untraceable, which starred Diane Lane after honing his skills as the lead editor on several independent films. He then went on to edit Paranormal Activity 2 for Paramount Studios and Blumhouse Productions.
Paranormal Activity 2 helped shape the fledgling genre of found footage and his work on that film set the language not only for the franchise, but also the found footage field in general. Plotkin went on to edit Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4 and the spin-off Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. While on the latter three films, Plotkin also added the title of co-producer to his responsibilities. Additionally, he also served as executive producer on the feature film Nightlight.
In 2014, Plotkin made his directorial debut on the short virtual-reality film Black Mass. The film was shot using the cutting-edge technology of the Jaunt VR camera for an immersive virtual reality horror experience. He directed his first feature film, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.
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