Julia Wong (film editor)

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Julia Wong
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1995–present

Julia Wong is an American film editor best known for her diverse body of work on blockbusters like X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and Hercules (2014); comedies like The Pink Panther 2 (2009), Extract (2009), Unpregnant (2020), and Hocus Pocus 2 (2022); thrillers like Child's Play (2019); and the musical remake of Valley Girl (2020).

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In film school, she won the Eddie Award for Best Student Editing from American Cinema Editors (ACE). After two decades in film and television, Wong has become a member of ACE as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won a Satellite Award for Best Film Editing on X-Men: The Last Stand , which she co-edited with Mark Helfrich and Mark Goldblatt. And she has been a guest speaker on panels for ACE, the Motion Picture Editors Guild, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF).

Filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotesRef.
2004 The Seat Filler Nick Castle
2005 Santa's Slay David Steiman
2006 End Game Andy Cheng
X-Men: The Last Stand Brett Ratner Second collaboration with Brett Ratner
2007 Good Luck Chuck Mark Helfrich
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Harald Zwart
Extract Mike Judge
2011 Red Riding Hood Catherine Hardwicke First collaboration with Catherine Hardwicke
2013 Plush Second collaboration with Catherine Hardwicke
2014 Hercules Brett RatnerThird collaboration with Brett Ratner
2016 The Belko Experiment Greg McLean
2017 The Last Word Mark Pellington
2018 The Domestics Mike P. Nelson
2019 Child's Play Lars Klevberg
2020 Gretel & Hansel Oz Perkins
Valley Girl Rachel Lee Goldenberg First collaboration with Rachel Lee Goldenberg
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Unpregnant Second collaboration with Rachel Lee Goldenberg
2022 Last Seen Alive Brian Goodman
Hocus Pocus 2 Anne Fletcher
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1996 Wedding Bell Blues Dana LustigAssistant editor
1999 Foolish Dave Meyers
Simon Sez Kevin Alyn Elders
2000 Next Friday Steve Carr
Stranger than Fiction Eric Bross
2001On the Borderline Michael Oblowitz
Tangled Jay Lowi
Out Cold The Malloys First assistant editor
2002 Unfaithful Adrian Lyne Assistant editor
2003 Honey Bille Woodruff Associate editor
2004 After the Sunset Brett RatnerAdditional editorFirst collaboration with Brett Ratner
2007Along the Way Andrew Bowen Assistant editor
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2015 Barely Lethal Kyle Newman Thanks
Shorts
Editor
YearFilmDirector
2002The Fine Line Between Cute and CreepyRobert D. Slane
2004MindgameJamie Neese
Cinematographer
YearFilmDirector
1995The Chick That Was NakedKurt Fitzpatrick
TV movies
Editor
YearFilmDirector
2011RogueBrett Ratner
2015Ken Jeong Made Me Do It Peter Segal
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1997 Asteroid Bradford MayAssistant editor
1998When Husbands Cheat Richard A. Colla
Gargantua Bradford May
TV series
Editor
YearTitleNotes
2002The Pulse3 episodes
2011 CHAOS 1 episode
2014 Reckless 2 episodes
2018 Black Lightning 1 episode
2022 Minx
Editorial department
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Asteroid Assistant editor2 episodes
2000 The Street 7 episodes
2005 Prison Break Additional editor1 episode

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References

  1. "Valley Girl 2020 Streaming May 8, 2020" . Retrieved November 27, 2019.