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

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

• 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

1. 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.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
5. Catherine Harris: Lord of the Rings producer buys high-profile Wellington buildings . In: stuff.co.nz, June 28 2017.

External links

• Jamie Selkirk at IMDb