FILM ROLES – Research

Editor someone who works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences which create a finished motion picture. The job of an editor is not simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates or edit dialogue scenes.

Possible Inspirations

1. Richard Francis-Bruce 2. Marcia Lucas 3. Sally Menke

Richard Francis-Bruce – an Australian film editor who has received several nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

IMDb Page – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290358/

1. The Witches of Eastwick (George Miller, 1987) 2. The Rock (Michael Bay, 1996) 3. Air Force One (Wolfgang Petersen, 1997)

Marcia Lucas – an American film editor who worked on THX-1138 (1971), Taxi Driver (1976) and the Star Wars Trilogy (1977 – 1983).

“It’s not a stretch to say that Marcia was actually the glue that kept the galaxy far, far away together. Or, at the very least, helped repair it when it needed to be fixed.”

IMDb Page – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524235/

1. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983) 2. New York, New York (Martin Scorsese, 1977) 3. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)

Sally Menke – an American film editor who worked on Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).

“I’ve learnt so much from every film and every director – a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art.”

IMDb Page – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579673/

1. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) 2. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) 3. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)

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