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Editor: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Film editor John Gilbert won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Film Editing for his work on Mel Gibson's 2016 war drama Hacksaw Ridge. A native of New Zealand, Gilbert has edited 23 feature films including Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which ...
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John Gilbert is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. Gilbert has edited 17 feature films as well as television shows and short films. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, among several honors, for Mel Gibson's war drama Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
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John Gilbert is an Emmy award winning picture editor with over thirty years experience editing both television and feature films. John studied film production at California State University, Long Beach graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in film in 1987.
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“I’m always interested in characters I identify with. I’m not really a fantasy person.” My geeky heart sinks just a bit as he admits the kind of projects to which he’s drawn. But I quickly get over it as his next words fill me with hope and inspiration. “I like finding characters that I find inspirational. People who are like, ‘Oh my god. If more p...
John is on location for every shoot (expenses paid by the studio, of course). He doesn’t go into the shoot with expectations. As he’s setting up his Avid, he’s thinking on what it might be like, and being open to the various possibilities of surprises. “When I’m first looking at the dailies, I try to watch things and feel what’s in front of me and ...
Within a week after the production wraps, John has an assembled, offline edit of the project. In some cases maybe even two. One edited as the script was written, and then another version based on his instincts that come from some 30+ years in the business. “You gotta kind of honor the script. People have spent a lot of time on the script. So I’ll p...
The director is the single most important collaborator with whom an editor will work. It’s the director’s vision that must be met. I can only imagine the lessons learned when working with artists the likes of Peter Jackson and Mel Gibson. What do you do as an editor when you have to share a difference of opinion with directors of that caliber and v...
When John Gilbert got his start in the late 70s cutting commercials, corporate videos, music videos, and other small projects for New Zealand TV, little did he know that 40 years later, he would be on the Dolby Theater stage, accepting the most prestigious award in the craft. When Peter Jackson came along in ‘94 and enlisted his help for The Fright...
John Gilbert is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. Gilbert has edited 17 feature films as well as television shows and short films. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, among several honors, for Mel Gibson's war drama Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
Dec 14, 2021 · Collaborating with Jackson in the cutting room was John Gilbert, ACE, who was nominated for a BAFTA, an ACE Eddie, and an Oscar for his work on the film. Since editing The Lord of the Rings, Gilbert has cut films including Bridge to Terabithia, The Bank Job, The Killer Elite and Chasing Mavericks.
Feb 26, 2017 · Editor John Gilbert won his first Academy Award on Sunday for Hacksaw Ridge. He had been nominated once previously, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. “Working with Mel, I...
