Edgar Burcksen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edgar Burcksen, a member of the American Cinema Editors, was a successful film editor in The Netherlands, having edited more than 15 films, before moving to the United States in 1985. He is fluent in English, German, French and Dutch.

[edit] History

He settled in California, where he became the supervising editor for 52 episodes of "Seabert", a French cartoon that later became televised by HBO. Afterwards, Burcksen was hired by Colossal Pictures where he collaborated editorially on many commercials, including those for Disney, Budweiser, and Levi's.

Burcksen was hired by ILM in 1989 to become the visual effects editor on "The Hunt for Red October". Based on his success, he was later assigned to post production on "Die Hard 2". Afterwards, Burcksen oversaw editing on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". His work with George Lucas on the series earned him an Emmy for best editing in 1992.

After the series, he became editor and post production supervisor on "500 Nations" and "Star Command". In 1996 he was signed up to edit "Colors Straight Up", which was later nominated for best feature length documentary at the Oscars the following year. His collaboration with director Jeroen Krabbé on the feature "Left Luggage" was received with 4 prestigious awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 1998.

In 2001, Edgar Burcksen became the editor of the magazine CINEMAEDITOR--the official magazine of the ACE.