Richard Pearson (film editor)

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Richard Pearson
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
OccupationFilm editor

Richard Pearson (born 1961) is an American

film editor who is mainly associated with action films. Pearson, with Clare Douglas and Christopher Rouse, received the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film United 93
(2006).

Life and career

Pearson was born in

From the Earth to the Moon (1998). The "1968" episode of From the Earth to the Moon was nominated for an American Cinema Editors "Eddie" award (Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series) and for an Emmy Award
(Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie). Christopher Rouse, Pearson's co-editor on The Bourne Supremacy and United 93, also worked on this miniseries.

Following an editing credit for the film Muppets from Space (1999), Pearson edited two films (Bowfinger and The Score) that were directed by Frank Oz, who was Jim Henson's early collaborator in developing The Muppets.

Academy Award for Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie
Award.

Pearson has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[6]

Pearson was an editor of the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (2008), along with Matt Chessé. He worked on Safe House (2012). He resides in California.

Editing credits

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1999 Muppets from Space Tim Hill
Bowfinger Frank Oz First collaboration with Frank Oz
2000 Drowning Mona Nick Gomez
2001 Scary Movie 2 Keenen Ivory Wayans
The Score Frank Oz Second collaboration with Frank Oz
2002 Men in Black II Barry Sonnenfeld
2003 The Rundown Peter Berg
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Paul Greengrass First collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven Baltasar Kormákur
Rent Chris Columbus
2006 United 93 Paul Greengrass Second collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2007 Blades of Glory Josh Gordon
Will Speck
First collaboration with Josh Gordon and Will Speck
2008 Get Smart Peter Segal
Quantum of Solace Marc Forster
2010 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau
2012 Safe House Daniel Espinosa
Red Dawn Dan Bradley
2014 Maleficent Robert Stromberg
Dracula Untold Gary Shore
2016 The Accountant Gavin O'Connor
2017 Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Justice League Zack Snyder
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Patty Jenkins
2022 Uncharted Ruben Fleischer
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
  • Josh Gordon
  • Will Speck
Second collaboration with Josh Gordon and Will Speck
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
2000 Bait Antoine Fuqua Additional editor
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Adam Wingard
2024 Lift F. Gary Gray
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
2002 Men in Black II Barry Sonnenfeld Gordy Voice role

TV series

Editor
Year Title Notes
1993 South Beach 1 episode
1994−97 New York Undercover 22 episodes
1998 From the Earth to the Moon 4 episodes
2013 The Power Inside 3 episodes
Additional crew
Year Title Role Notes
1998 From the Earth to the Moon Title designer: Main titles 12 episodes
2015 Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore Production assistant 1 episode
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
1990 American Chronicles On-line editor
Assistant editor
5 episodes
1 episode

References

  1. ^
    Star-Tribune
    , April 1, 2007.
  2. ^ Hoberman, J. (2002). "Collision Courses", The Village Voice, October 1, 2002. Online version retrieved April 19, 2008.
  3. ^ Wood, Jennifer M. (2007). "One Day in September". Archived February 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, interview with Christopher Rouse in Moviemaker, February 3, 2007; online version retrieved April 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). "Art of Editing Corner: United 93 (Part 1)", Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on April 19, 2008.
  5. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). "Art of Editing Corner: United 93 (Part 2)", Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on April 19, 2008.
  6. ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on March 4, 2008.

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