Robert Leighton (film editor)

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Robert Leighton
Other names	Robert Money
Occupation	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] He is also responsible for editing the movie "Now You See Me."

Filmography

The director for each film is indicated in parenthesis.

Chef (2014)
Now You See Me (Leterrier-2013)
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) (Also known as The House Where Death Lives)
Gone with the Pope (Mitchell-1975)
(with co-editors Robert Florio, Bob Murawski (re-release))

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^[2]
1993 - A Few Good Men - (Nominated) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Film Editing^[2]

v t e Christopher Guest

1980s	The Big Picture (1989)

1990s	Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) Waiting for Guffman (1996) Almost Heroes (1998)

2000s	Best in Show (2000) A Mighty Wind (2003) For Your Consideration (2006)

Television	Morton & Hayes (1991) Family Tree (2013)

v t e Films directed by Rob Reiner

1980s	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) The Sure Thing (1985) Stand by Me (1986) The Princess Bride (1987) When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

1990s	Misery (1990) A Few Good Men (1992) North (1994) The American President (1995) Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) The Story of Us (1999)

2000s	Alex & Emma (2003) Rumor Has It... (2005) The Bucket List (2007)

2010s	Flipped (2010) The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) And So It Goes (2014)

v t e The Princess Bride

Novel Film Video game

Characters	Inigo Montoya Dread Pirate Roberts

Creators	S. Morgenstern William Goldman Rob Reiner Robert Leighton (film editor)

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