Bob Sarles (born February 12, 1957) is a film & television editor, producer & director based in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Biography

Bob Sarles began making films in 8mm and Super8, and videos on half inch reel to reel video in the early 1970s as a teen in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. He received his Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting and Film from Boston University, where he co-produced and edited the short documentary Fantastic. Sarles spent time at UCLA's graduate film school before moving to San Francisco, where he began his professional career as a film editor and later founded his own production company Ravin' Films, Inc.

Sarles co-edited the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning 1994 documentary mini-series Moon Shot and the 1999 ABC documentary The Story of Fathers & Sons. He edited three of the first four seasons of the MTV's ground breaking reality television series The Real World. He has edited award winning music videos for top rock, rap and country artists such as ZZ Top's 1984 MTV Best Group Video for Legs and Green Day's 1994 MTV Best Group Video nomination for Longview.

Sarles edited the cult zombie horror film The Video Dead, and the feature documentary The True Adventures Of The Real Beverly Hillbillies. He co-produced and edited the feature documentary film Taking Satan To The Mat. He was principal cinematographer and co-producer of the feature documentary Son Of A Bitch!

As an assistant edtior, Sarles worked on the editorial staff of feature films including The Right Stuff, Henry & June, My Blue Heaven and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He was a sound editor on Breakin', Romero, and The Money Tree.

Sarles was a producer and editor of VH1's Behind The Music and was a consulting producer on the PBS documentary Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story. He directed and edited films that are on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Experience Music Project in Seattle, and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis.

Sarles has directed music videos for Otis Redding and Jorma Kaukonen. He co-produced, directed and edited the triple platinum selling DVD series Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live for Time Life. Sarles edited and co-directed (with Jay Blakesberg) the concert film Phil Lesh & Friends Live At The Warfield for Image Entertainment. He directed and edited the DVDs Fly Jefferson Airplane and John Lee Hooker: Come See About Me for Eagle Rock Entertainment. Recording artists Sarles has worked with as a director and videographer include Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Elvis Costello and Coldplay. Since 1995, Sarles has produced and edited over twenty-five artist tribute films for the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Sarles is currently in production on documentary films about the late blues guitarist Michael Bloomfield and writer Paul Krassner.