FILM LIST FOR EXCELLENT EDITING
- in progress -RECOMMENDED FILMS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDITING. Many of the films listed below are Academy-Award nominees or winners for best film editing. Some are winners of the Eddie, the prestigious American Cinema Editors (ACE) awards. Editors' names follow the film information. Observe instances of editing techniques, including pacing, that go along with ideas or feelings communicated by sounds and images in the film story.
- Almost Famous (U.S.A., Cameron Crowe, 2000). Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
- American Beauty (U.S.A., Sam Mendes, 1999). Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury (their first Academy Award nomination)
- American Graffiti (USA, George Lucas, 1973). Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
- Apocalypse Now (USA, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979). Walter Murch
- The Aviator (USA, Martin Scorsese, 2004). Thelma Schoonmaker (Eddie winner 2005)
- Babel (France / USA / Mexico, Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñarritu, 2006). Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise. Official Site.
- Battleship Potemkin (U.S.S.R., Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925). Sergei Eisenstein. A must-see for film buffs.
- A Beautiful Mind (U.S.A., Ron Howard, 2001). Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
- Black Hawk Down* (U.S.A., Ridley Scott, 2001). Pietro Scalia
- Blood Diamond (U.S.A. / Germany, Edward Zwick, 2006). Steven Rosenblum
- The Bourne Ultimatum (USA / Germany, Paul Greengrass, 2007). Christopher Rouse
- Broadcast News (U.S.A., James Brooks, 1987). Richard Marks
- Chicago (U.S.A. / Canada, Rob Marshall, 2002). Martin Walsh - Oscar and Eddie winner 2003
- The Cider House Rules (U.S.A., Lasse Hallström, 1999). Lisa Zeno Churgin (her first Academy Award nomination)
- Cold Mountain (U.S.A., Anthony Mingella, 2003) Walter Murch
- The Constant Gardener (Germany / UK, Fernando Meirelles, 2005). Claire Simpson
- The Conversation (USA, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) Walter Murch
- Crash (USA, Paul Haggis, 2005). Hughes Winborne - Eddie and Oscar winner 2006
- The Departed (USA, Martin Scorcese, 2006). Thelma Schoonmaker - Eddie co-winner 2006
- The English Patient (USA, Anthony Minghella, 1996) Walter Murch
- Forrest Gump (U.S.A., Robert Zemeckis, 1994). Arthur Schmidt
- Gangs of New York (U.S.A., Martin Scorsese, 2002) Thelma Schoonmaker - Eddie winner 2002
- Gladiator (U.S.A., Ridley Scott, 2000). Pietro Scalia
- The Hours (U.S.A., Stephen Daldry, 2002) Peter Boyle
- An Inconvenient Truth (U.S.A., Davis Gouggenheim, 2006). Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik - Eddie winner 2006
- The Insider (U.S.A., Michael Mann, 1999). William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom (their first Academy Award nomination)
- The Last Emperor (France / Italy / UK, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987).Gabriella Cristiani
- Lawrence of Arabia (UK, David Lean, 1962). Anne Coates
- Letters from Iwo Jima (USA, Clint Eastwood, 2006). Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman. Official Site.
- JFK (U.S.A., Oliver Stone, 1991). Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia
- The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (New Zealand / U.S.A., Peter Jackson, 2003). Jamie Selkirk - Eddie winner 2004
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Zealand / U.S.A., Peter Jackson, 2002) Michael Horton
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Zealand / U.S.A., Peter Jackson, 2001). John Gilbert
- The Matrix* (U.S.A., Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999). Zach Staenberg (won his first Academy Award for editing this film)
- Memento (U.S.A., Christopher Nolan, 2000-2001). Dody Dorn
- Moulin Rouge (U.S.A. / Australia, Baz Luhrmann, 2001). Jill Bilcock - Eddie winner 2002
- Munich (USA, Steven Speilberg, 2005). Michael Kahn
- Network (U.S.A., Sidney Lumet, 1976). Alan Heim. A must-see for film buffs.
- The Pianist (UK / France/ Germany / Netherlands / Poland, Roman Polanski, 2002). Hervé de Luze
- Platoon (USA, Oliver Stone, 1986). Claire Simpson
- Pulp Fiction (USA, Quentin Tarentino, 1994). Sally Menke
- Raging Bull. (USA, Martin Scorsese, 1980). Thelma Schoonmaker
- Rashomon (Japan, Akira Kurosawa, 1950). Akira Kurosawa. A must-see for film buffs.
- Ray (USA, Taylor Hackford, 2004). Paul Hirsch - Eddie winner 2005
- The Sixth Sense (U.S.A., M. Night Shyamalan, 1999). Andrew Mondshein (his first Academy Award nomination)
- Titanic (U.S.A., James Cameron, 1997). Conrad Buff, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris
- Traffic (USA, Seven Soderbergh, 2000). Stephen Mirrione - Oscar winner
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (USA, Philip Kaufman, 1988). Walter Murch
- Wonder Boys (Germany / Japan / UK / USA, Curtis Hanson, 2000). Dede Allen
- Woodstock (USA, Michael Wadleigh, 1970). Thelma Schoonmaker
SEE ALSO: Editing Resources page.
Created 27 July 2004. Revised 15 February 2009
Gloria Floren, Letters Department, MiraCosta College, One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, California 92056.
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