BEEF – Season 2

Editors – Laura Zempel, ACE and Lauren Connelly, ACE

Although BEEF – Season 2 editors Laura Zempel and Lauren Connelly are working together for the first time, this is Laura’s second season working on the series.  But despite being new to one another, Laura’s and Lauren’s talents seamlessly combined to tackle a complex, character-driven “slow burn” with multiple storylines that required a delicate balancing of tone, including both dark comedy and psychological drama.

Created by Korean director Lee Sung Jin (Sonny Lee) for Netflix, Season 2 of BEEF stars Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan as Joshua Martin and Lindsay Crane-Martin, and Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton as Ashley and Austin, two couples; the poor latter two blackmailing the rich former two, using footage Ashley shot of a heated argument which would threaten their image.  Similar to Season 1, this incident escalates into a prolonged feud and a game of cat-and-mouse…minus one dog.

LAURA ZEMPEL

In addition to her Emmy®-winning work on BEEF – Season 1, Laura’s skills as an editor can be seen in another Netflix series, SIRENS (2025).  She has also worked on EUPHORIA (2019-22), DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE (2020) and ROOM 104 (2017-19).  Prior to that, she assisted on HOUSE OF CARDS (2014), DEXTER (2011-13) and IF I CAN DREAM (2010).

LAUREN CONNELLY, ACE

Originally from Chantilly, Virginia, Lauren graduated from The University of Southern California with a B.A. in Cinema-Television Production.  Past credits include television shows such as MO on Netflix, GASLIT on Starz, MASTERS OF SEX on Showtime, THE STRAIN on FX, and THE SON on AMC.  Recent feature films include SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE for Amazon Studios, A TOURIST’S GUIDE TO LOVE on Netflix, and Rodrigo Garcia’s FOUR GOOD DAYS, which premiered at Sundance.

 

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