John Scott (film editor)

John Scott (* 1944 in Melbourne , Victoria ) is an Australian film editor .

Life

John Scott began his career in film editing with the Bruce Beresford productions The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) and Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974). Since then he has been one of the most renowned Australian editors. As early as 1978, the assembly of Newsfront won an AFI Award from the Australian Film Institute for the best editing. With The Navigator and Little Fish two more awards should follow, with Scott was nominated six more times.

Overall, Scott edited a wide variety of international productions in Australia, England and Hollywood. Most recently, he was responsible for editing the films Game of the Gods - When Buddha Discovered Soccer and Of Travelers and Magicians by the Bhutanese director Khyentse Norbu .

Filmography (selection)

• 1972: The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
• 1974: Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
• 1976: Mad Dog (Mad Dog Morgan)
• 1978: Newsfront
• 1982: In the Heat of Anger (Heatwave)
• 1984: The Last Night (One Night Stand)
• 1985: Coca Cola Kid (The Coca Cola Kid)
• 1987: The Navigator (The Navigator - A Medieval Odyssey)
• 1987: Roxanne
• 1992: Escape from the Ice (Map of the Human Heart)
• 1997: Heaven's Burning (Heaven's Burning)
• 1999: Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
• 1999: Game of the Gods - When Buddha discovered soccer (Phörpa)
• 2000: Sexy Beast
• 2002: The Quiet American (The Quiet American)
• 2002: Long Walk Home (Rabbit-Proof Fence)
• 2003: Of travelers and magicians (ཆང་ ཧུབ་ ཐེངས་ གཅིག་ གི་ འཁྲུལ་ སྣང)
• 2004: Return to Sender
• 2005: Little Fish
• 2006: Basic Instinct - New game for Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct 2)
• 2008: My Zinc Bed

Awards (selection)

• AFI Award
  • 1978: Best Editing - Newsfront
  • 1988: Best editing - The Navigator
  • 2005: Best Editing - Little Fish

Web links

• John Scott in the Internet Movie Database (English)