John Gilbert (film editor)

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John Gilbert
Born  ?date?
New Zealand
Occupation film editor

John Gilbert is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. He was nominated for three major awards for the editing of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and an ACE Eddie Award. Gilbert won the Satellite Award for Best Editing for the film.

John Gilbert's first position in the film industry was with the New Zealand National Film Unit while he was a university student. Gilbert never returned to his studies (history and anthropology), but moved on to Television New Zealand, where he worked as an assistant editor and editor. Gilbert worked for a time as a freelance assistant editor and sound editor.[1]

Gilbert's first credit as an editor on a full-length feature was for the film Crush (1992). Gilbert received a "Best Editing" award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards for the film Via Satellite (1998). As noted previously, he was widely recognized for his editing of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which was directed by Peter Jackson. He recently received a New Zealand Screen Award for editing The World's Fastest Indian (2005).


[edit] Selected filmography (editor)

The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.

  1. The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson - 2008)
  2. Bridge to Terabithia (Gábor Csupó - 2007)
  3. The World's Fastest Indian (Roger Donaldson - 2005)
  4. Kerosene Creek (Michael Bennet - 2004)
  5. Perfect Strangers (Gaylene Preston - 2003)
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson - 2001)
  7. Punitive Damage (Annie Goldson - 1999)
  8. Via Satellite (Anthony McCarten - 1998)
  9. Aberration (film) (Tim Boxell - 1997)
  10. Siren (film) (short - Annie Bracewell - 1996)
  11. Chicken (film) (Grant Lahood - 1996)
  12. Loaded (film) (Anna Campion - 1994)
  13. Jack Be Nimble (Garth Maxwell - 1993)
  14. Crush (1992 film) (Alison Maclean - 1992)
  15. The Lounge Bar (film) (short - Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair - 1989)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy Production Notes", webpage of the Houghton-Mifflin company archived at Webcite from this original URL 2008-05-12.

[edit] External links


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