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Survivor Honors Veteran Editor Sean Foley With On-Air Tribute

Reports focus on his Emmy-nominated editing legacy.

Overview

  • A title card reading “In loving memory of Sean Foley, our friend and colleague” closed the Dec. 10 episode of Survivor.
  • Foley served as supervising editor for the show’s first eight seasons and continued cutting the main title sequence through season 31.
  • He earned five Emmy nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing on Survivor and a sixth for The Contender.
  • Across a 25-year career, he worked in roles spanning visual effects, sound, camera, producing, and showrunning on series for major networks and streamers.
  • News outlets report his death following the on-air tribute, with no official details yet released on the circumstances or timing.