Michael Horton (film editor)
Michael J. Horton (* in Lower Hutt ) is a New Zealand film editor . In 2002 he was the Editor of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for the Academy Award nominated.
life and work
Horton was born in Lower Hutt , New Zealand . He attended Saint Patricks College in Wellington . In the mid-1960s, he began working as an editor for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation . He started working with Geoff Murphy in the 1970s . In 1981 he edited the film Goodbye Pork Pie , which was very successful commercially in New Zealand and was an important impetus for the development of New Zealand cinema. Horton worked with Murphy on two other successful film projects in the 1980s before Murphy went to the United States. After Murphy's return to New Zealand, the two worked together on Spooked (2004).
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Goodbye, Pork Pie (Goodbye Pork Pie)
- 1981: Smash Palace
- 1983: Utu
- 1985: Quiet Earth - The Last Experiment (The Quiet Earth)
- 1991: The End of the Golden Weather
- 1994: Once Were Warriors (Once were Warriors)
- 1995: Cinema of Unease
- 1995: Forgotten Silver
- 1999: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
- 2004: Spooked
- 2009: Separation City - City of Infidelity (Separation City)
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- ↑ "The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy Production Notes" ( Memento from May 12, 2008 on WebCite ), archived version of the Houghton-Mifflin website from this original URL May 12, 2008.
Web links
- Michael Horton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Horton, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horton, Michael J. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lower Hutt |