William M. Anderson

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William M. Anderson (born March 12, 1948 in Belfast , Northern Ireland ) is a Northern Irish film editor .

Life

After William M. Anderson independently edited films like Cindy and Donna and The Young Graduates for the director and screenwriter Robert Anderson at the young age of 22, he was responsible for the film editing of Bruce Beresford's works from 1978 to 1985 . In addition to Money Movers and Breaker Morant, he also cut King David . During this time the long-term collaboration with the Australian director Peter Weir began . For this he edited Gallipoli in 1981 and was able to receive nominations for important film awards for the respective film editing of The Truman Show and The Club of Dead Poets . For the latter, he received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Editing in 1998 .

He shared this nomination with the Australian film editor Lee Smith , who learned his trade under him and has already assisted him in editing films such as A Year in Hell and The Dead Poets Club and who was responsible for the editing of Green Card - sham Beyond the fear shared with him - Marriage with Obstacles and Fearless . The editor Armen Minasian also learned his trade as an assistant under Anderson in films such as The Generation of 1969 and Green Card - Sham marriage with obstacles . Anderson had a longstanding collaboration as co-editors with him, which ran from 1991 to 1996 and included films such as 1492 - The Conquest of Paradise , The Golden Boys and The Swamp of Crime .

Filmography (selection)

Nominations

BAFTA Award
Online Film Critics Society Awards

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Anderson, William M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish film editor
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast , Northern Ireland