Steve Mirkovich
Steven James "Steve" Mirkovich (born February 4, 1953 in Oceanside , California ) is an American film editor and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinema Editors .
Life
Steve Mirkovich grew up in Studio City in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles with eleven brothers and sisters. One of his sisters is the editor Lynne Willingham . His father, formerly a naval captain, was a temporary actor. In the late 1960s, Mirkovich attended high school and received a scholarship to the Art Center College of Design . After a few precarious jobs, Mirkovich began working in the Warner Bros. mailroom in 1972 . Then he got a job as a film courier in the department of the editor Rudi Fehr . In 1974 he was able to join the union. A year later he received training in sound editing and left Warner Bros.
This was followed by training in film editing ; Among other things, he worked on Die Unbrechlichen (1976). His first job as an assistant editor he had on the television series Pazifikgeschwader 214 for the editor Jerry Dronsky . This was followed by a job as first assistant editor for David Bretherton on the feature film Winter Kills . For five years, Mirkovich edited a total of eight films for editor Donn Cambern . In 1986, at the age of 29, he cut his first film as an independent editor, Jackals of the Night . To date, he's been involved in more than 50 film productions, including films like Con Air and I Know What You Did Last Summer . In addition, he improved several well-known feature films without credit , including The Passion of the Christ .
He has been married to producer Bronwyne Smith since 2003, whom he met while filming in Australia. He has two children with her. His son Tim Mirkovich is also a film editor.
Filmography (selection)
- 1978: To the head and neck (Hooper)
- 1978: The Black Sheriff (Lawman Without a Gun)
- 1984: Only Death Is Free (The River Rat)
- 1986: Big Trouble in Little China
- 1987: The Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness)
- 1989: Friday the 13th Part VIII - Death Takes Manhattan (Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan)
- 1991: Flight of the Intruder (Flight of the Intruder)
- 1991: Armadillo Bears - A Totally Chaotic Bunch (Necessary Roughness)
- 1991: Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze)
- 1992: Cool World
- 1996: The Ghost and the Darkness (The Ghost and the Darkness)
- 1996: Operation: Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow)
- 1997: Con Air
- 1997: Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
- 1999: The Astronaut's Wife - Evil Has a New Face (The Astronaut's Wife)
- 2001: Scream If You Can (Valentine)
- 2002: D-Tox - In the Eye of Fear (D-Tox)
- 2003: The Curse of Darkness Falls (Darkness Falls)
- 2003: The Passion of Christ (The Passion of the Christ)
- 2004: Godsend
- 2006: 16 blocks
- 2008: One Missed Call (One Missed Call)
- 2010: Shelter
- 2012: House at the End of the Street
- 2013: Stalkers (TV movie)
- 2014: Red Sky
- 2014: Brown Mountain - Alien Abduction (Alien Abduction)
- 2014: The Devil's Hand
- 2015: Hardcore (Hardcore Henry)
- 2016: Risen (Risen)
- 2017: Rings
- 2019: Escape Room
- 2020: Unhinged - Out of Control (Unhinged)
Web links
- Steve Mirkovich in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Steven Mirkovich on editorsguild.com (filmography)
- Steve Mirkovich: Studio Mailroom Delivers Another Accomplished Editor. UNION MADE . In: Motion Picture Editors Guild (Ed.): Editors Guild Magazine . tape 27 , 4, July / August, 2006 (English, cinemontage.org ).
- Steven Mirkovich on thedoublemovie.com (short biography)
- Entry for Steven James Mirkovich in the California Birth Index
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mirkovich, Steve |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mirkovich, Steve James; Mirkovich, Steven |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oceanside , California |