Jamie Selkirk
Jamie Selkirk | |
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| Occupation | film editor |
Jamie Selkirk is a film editor and producer who has worked primarily in New Zealand. He is particularly noted for his work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which he co-produced with Peter Jackson. He received the Academy Award for Film Editing for the last film of the trilogy, The Return of the King (2004).[1]
He began his work in the entertainment industry with the New Zealand Broadcasting Company. He moved to editorial as a trainee editor and began cutting newsreels, current affairs, documentaries, and dramas.[2]
Jamie Selkirk has had a longstanding, notable collaboration with the director Peter Jackson. He worked as the editor, sound editor, and postproduction supervisor for Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, and Heavenly Creatures (1994). Selkirk was both associate producer and editor for Jackson's Braindead (1996), and became a full producer (and editor) on The Frighteners (1996). Jackson and Selkirk are examples of New Zealand filmmakers who chose to remain in New Zealand following international recognition for their work.
In addition to his work as a producer on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Selkirk worked as the supervising editor for the first two episodes The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. John Gilbert and Michael Horton were nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for those episodes. Selkirk had once thought he would edit all three episodes himself; in the end, he edited only the third episode. In an interview Daniel Restuccio, he commented wryly, "I always liked that script best."[3]
Selkirk has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.[4]
Filmography
- King Kong (2005) (editor)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (editor, co-producer)
- The Long and Short of It (co-producer)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (co-producer, supervising editor)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (co-producer, supervising editor)
- Wasted (1998) (executive producer)
- Larger than Life (1997) (producer)
- The Frighteners (1996) (producer, editor)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) (editor)
- Jack Brown Genius (1994) (executive producer, editor)
- Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992) (associate producer, editor)
- Old Scores (1991) (editor)
- Meet the Feebles (1989) (editor)
- Bad Taste (1987) (editor)
- The Silent One (1984) (editor)
- Squeeze (1980) (editor)
- A Woman of Good Character (1980) (editor)
References
- ^ Annie Collins was an "additional editor" on the film, and is sometimes paired with Selkirk in listings. She was nonetheless ineligible for an Academy Award herself.
- ^ "The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy Production Notes", webpage of the Houghton-Mifflin company archived at Webcite from this original URL 2008-05-12.
- ^ Restuccio, Daniel (2004). "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", interview with Jamie Selkirk from Post Magazine, January 2004 issue. Webpage archived at WebCite 2008-05-12.
- ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
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