John Wright (film editor)
John Wright is an American film editor .
Life
Wright has been a freelance editor since 1973. His specialty is the editing of action-oriented films.
The film Hunt for Red October (1990) marked the first collaboration with the director John McTiernan . In addition, he and his colleague Dennis Virkler were nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Editing in 1991 .
The television production Ein Meer für Sarah earned him an Emmy and an Eddie Award. He had received his first Eddie together with David E. Blewitt in 1978.
Wright was nominated for a second Oscar in 1995 for his work on the film Speed . For this production he received the British Academy Film Award .
The last joint film with McTiernan so far was Rollerball from 2002.
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Killer Dogs
- 1978: Convoy
- 1981: Mrs. Hines and daughter (Only When I Laugh)
- 1982: Frances
- 1987: Running Man
- 1988: Gleaming Heart (Gleaming the Cube)
- 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- 1991: A Sea for Sarah (Sarah, Plain and Tall)
- 1991: Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze)
- 1991: Armadillo Bears - A Totally Chaotic Bunch (Necessary Roughness)
- 1993: Last Action Hero
- 1994: speed
- 1995: Die Hard with a Vengeance
- 1996: Operation: Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow)
- 1998: Octalus - Death from the Deep (Deep Rising)
- 1999: The 13th Warrior (The 13th Warrior)
- 1999: The Thomas Crown Affair (The Thomas Crown Affair)
- 2000: X-Men
- 2002: Rollerball
- 2004: The Passion of Christ (The Passion of the Christ)
- 2006: Game to Win (Glory Road)
- 2006: Apocalypto
- 2008: The Incredible Hulk (The Incredible Hulk)
- 2010: Secretariat - A horse becomes a legend (Secretariat)
- 2014: The Sky's real (Heaven Is for Real)
Web links
- John Wright at the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wright, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |