Mitchell Danton

Mitchell Danton was born in Burbank, California and grew up in the Hollywood Hills. He's the son of the late actor/director Ray Danton and actress Julie Adams (best remembered as the lovely Kay in the Universal classic "Creature From The Black Lagoon"). Mitchell spent much of his childhood observing the editing process on television shows and movies that his father directed. This inspired an early interest in film editing that led him to attend the USC School of Cinema/Television, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1990 and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. Since his graduation, Mitchell has gone on to edit more than 200 hours of episodic television, including the Fox hit "Beverly Hills, 90210," the Western, "Christy" and the WB critical darling "Dawson's Creek." Mitchell was an editor on several television pilots, including "Saving Grace," starring Holly Hunter and "Conspiracy, starring Lisa Sheridan. He also edited the well-reviewed miniseries, "The Kill Point" for Spike TV starrin