Jamie Selkirk
James William Arthur "Jamie" Selkirk is a film editor and producer who has worked primarily in New Zealand. He is particularly noted for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which he co-produced with Peter Jackson. He received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the last film of the trilogy, The Return of the King (2003).[1]
Life
[edit ]He began his work in the entertainment industry with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He moved to editorial as a trainee editor and began cutting newsreels, current affairs, documentaries, and dramas.[2]
Selkirk has a longstanding collaboration with director Peter Jackson. He worked as the editor, sound editor, and postproduction supervisor for Jackson's films Bad Taste , Meet the Feebles , and Heavenly Creatures . Selkirk was both associate producer and editor for Jackson's Braindead in 1992, and became a full producer (and editor) on The Frighteners . Like Jackson, Selkirk has continued to live and work in New Zealand despite the international success of his 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 films The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers . John Gilbert and Michael Horton were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for those films. Selkirk had once thought he would edit all three films himself; in the end, he edited only the third film. 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]
He is married to Ann Selkirk. [5] He and Ann are partial owners of The Roxy Cinema in Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand.
Selected filmography
[edit ]- A Woman of Good Character (1980) (editor)
- Squeeze (1980) (editor)
- The Silent One (1984) (editor)
- Bad Taste (1987) (editor)
- Meet the Feebles (1989) (editor)
- Old Scores (1991) (editor)
- Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992) (associate producer, editor)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) (editor)
- Jack Brown Genius (1994) (executive producer, editor)
- The Frighteners (1996) (producer, editor)
- Larger than Life (1997) (producer)
- Wasted (1998) (executive producer)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (co-producer, supervising editor)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (co-producer, supervising editor)
- The Long and Short of It (co-producer)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (editor, co-producer)
- King Kong (2005) (editor)
References
[edit ]- ^ 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年05月12日.
- ^ 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年05月12日.
- ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008年03月04日.
- ^ Catherine Harris: Lord of the Rings producer buys high-profile Wellington buildings . In: stuff.co.nz, June 28 2017.