Eric James Zumbrunnen (born November 1964) is a film editor who won the ACE Eddie Award for the film Being John Malkovich (1999).
Zumbrunnen has had a notable collaboration with the director Spike Jonze. Zumbrunnen edited Jonze's early, short films How They Get There (1997) and Amarillo by Morning (1998). Jonze directed Being John Malkovich; in addition to winning the ACE Eddie, that film was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. Their next collaboration, Adaptation. (2002), was nominated both for an ACE Eddie Award and for a Satellite Award for Best Editing. Zumbrunnen is the co-editor (with James Haygood) of the upcoming film directed by Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are (2009).
Zumbrunnen has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[1]
An additional note: from 1985 to 1987, Eric was lead singer and guitarist in the Los Angeles proto-alt band, Holmes. Often referred to as 'the 83rd hottest band in LA,' Holmes was known mostly for its bizarre mashup hybrid tracks "Wagon Train to Hell" and "Ironsides."