Robert Leighton (film editor)

Robert Leighton is a British film editor who resides in the United States. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the feature film, A Few Good Men starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicolson and Demi Moore. He has had an extended collaboration with film director Rob Reiner over more than twenty-five years. In the last decade he has also edited several films with Christopher Guest. He has edited hit comedies and mockumentaries such as This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show and When Harry Met Sally as well as classic dramas such as Stand by Me and the Stephen King thriller, Misery, which garnered actress Kathy Bates a "Best Actress" Oscar.^[1]

Filmography

Film Editor

The director for each film is indicated in parenthesis.

• Flipped (Reiner-2010)
• The Bucket List (Reiner-2007)
• For Your Consideration (Guest-2006)
• A Mighty Wind (Guest-2003)
• Alex & Emma (Reiner-2003)
• Best in Show (Guest-2000)
• Ghosts of Mississippi (Reiner-1996)
• Courage Under Fire (Zwick-1996) (Additional Editor, with Steven Rosenblum)
• The American President (Reiner-1995)
• A Few Good Men (Reiner-1992)
• Misery (Reiner-1990)
• When Harry Met Sally (Reiner-1989)
• Bull Durham (Shelton-1988)
• The Princess Bride (Reiner-1987)
• Stand by Me (Reiner-1986)
• The Sure Thing (Reiner-1985)
• This is Spinal Tap (Reiner-1984) (Supervising Editor, with Kent Beyda)
• Wavelength (Gray-1983)
• Kill and Kill Again (Hall-1981)
• Delusion (Beattie-1980)
• Gone with the Pope (Mitchell-1975)
  (with co-editors Robert Florio, Bob Murawski (re-release))

Awards and nominations

• 2001 - Best in Show - (Nominated) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Editing - Feature Film - Comedy or Musical^[2]
• 1993 - A Few Good Men - (Nominated) - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("Oscar") - Best Film Editing^[3]
• 1993 - A Few Good Men - (Nominated) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Film Editing^[4]

References

External links

• Robert Leighton at the Internet Movie Database