Jeff Werner is an award-winning editor and director of documentaries, feature films and motion picture advertising.

Most recently, Werner co-produced and edited the documentary feature "Second Chance Season", the Nick Young story, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2007.

In 2006, Werner also co-directed and edited "MARIO'S STORY", a feature documentary about a young Latino who was wrongfully convicted on the basis of one eyewitness and no physical evidence. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Werner edited "THE YEAR OF THE YAO", a feature length documentary on Chinese basketball star Yao Ming's first year of living and playing in the United States. The film was selected by The Toronto Film Festival and aquired for world-wide distribution by Fine Line.

His editorial work on the PBS feature length documentary "THE SMITH FAMILY" was recognized when the film won Best Documentary at the Director's Guild Awards and The Peabody Awards in 2003.

Werner co-directed and edited the feature length documentary CAMP SCOTT LOCK-UP, which explored the world of a boot camp for teenage girls. The film aired as a movie of the week for MTV in May, 2001. It was also an official entry at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Full Frame Film Festival.

In 2001, Werner edited the feature length documentary, GO TIGERS!, the saga of a famed high school football team. It was nominated for a Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature as well as was an official entry at the Sundance Film Festival. It was released in theatres in the fall of 2001 by IFC.

Werner also edited the Lion's Gate release of BEYOND THE MAT, a behind the scenes look at professional wrestling. The film was named Academy Award Finalist for Best Documentary Feature and was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Best Documentary.

CITY AT PEACE, a documentary edited by Werner, dealing with racism in Washington D.C. was aired on HBO in 1998 and was the Grand Prize Winner of the Heartland Film Festival.

His editorial work on THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES marked the fifth film in which Werner collaborated with Barbra Streisand, with projects dating back to A STAR IS BORN and including NUTS and YENTYL.

Werner has also directed two documentaries for HBO: THE GODFATHER FAMILY and BLOODLINES; the latter having been nominated for a Cable Ace Award .

Werner is the winner of several Hollywood Key Art Awards for his work in motion picture advertising.

A former elementary school teacher, Werner received his MA in Education from City College of New York.