Annie Collins

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Annie Collins
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Collins in 2020
OccupationFilm editor

Annie Collins is a film editor from New Zealand, best known for her work on The Return of the King . She was a film conformer on The Fellowship of the Ring , and moved up to assistant editor on The Two Towers . Her work with Jamie Selkirk (as an "additional editor") helped earn The Return of the King an Oscar for Best Editing in 2004.

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  1. Barton, Christina, and Deborah Lawler-Dormer, ed. (1993). alter/image: Feminism and Representation in New Zealand Art 1973-1993. Wellington, New Zealand: City Gallery, Wellington; Auckland City Art Gallery. p. 96. ISBN   0-908818-14-9.

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