Mark Helfrich (film editor)

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Mark Helfrich
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Occupation(s)Film editor, film director

Mark Helfrich is an American film editor and director. He is known for his work on action films, and with director Brett Ratner.

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Life and career

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he began his career at New World Pictures as an assistant editor. His first film as editor was the Cannon Films production Revenge of the Ninja (1983).

Helfrich has edited over thirty films such as Stone Cold (1991), Showgirls (1995) with Mark Goldblatt. Helfrich is also the primary editor for director Brett Ratner's films, such as Money Talks (1997), Rush Hour (1998), The Family Man (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Red Dragon (2002), and After the Sunset (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) with Mark Goldblatt and Julia Wong, Rush Hour 3 (2007) with Dean Zimmerman and Don Zimmerman, Tower Heist (2011), and Hercules (2014) with Wong. Helfrich directed Good Luck Chuck .

He has also edited, with Brett Ratner's direction, a version of the Hollywood film production titled Kites:The Remix a.k.a. Kites (2010), as well as the pilot episode for Prison Break , an American-based TV drama series produced by Brett Ratner. Helfrich edited Brett Ratner's music video Beautiful Stranger featuring Madonna.

He is an elected member of American Cinema Editors (ACE) and serves on the board as an associate director. [1] He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

Film

Editor

YearTitleDirectorNotesRef.
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School Allan Arkush Assistant editor [2]
The Lady in Red Lewis Teague [2]
1982 The Last American Virgin Boaz Davidson [2]
1983 Revenge of the Ninja Sam Firstenberg [2]
1984 Breakin' Joel Silberg Supervising editor [2]
Baby Love Dan Wolman [3]
Ninja III: The Domination Sam FirstenbergAdditional editor [2]
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II George P. Cosmatos with Mark Goldblatt [2]
The Return of the Living Dead Dan O'Bannon Additional editor [2]
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall [2]
1987 Predator John McTiernan with John F. Link [2]
1988 Action Jackson Craig R. Baxley [4]
1988 License to Drive Greg Beeman Additional editor [5]
1990 I Come in Peace Craig R. Baxley [2]
1991 Rich Girl Joel Benderwith Richard Candib [6]
Stone Cold Craig R. Baxley [7]
The Last Boy Scout Tony Scott with Stuart Baird and Mark Goldblatt [8]
1993 Nowhere to Run Robert Harmon with Zach Staenberg [9]
Midnight KissJoel Benderwith Bender [10]
Striking Distance Rowdy Herrington with Pasquale Buba [11]
1995 Showgirls Paul Verhoeven with Mark Goldblatt [12]
Money Train Joseph Ruben Uncredited [5]
1996 The Juror Brian Gibson [5]
1997 Money Talks Brett Ratner [13]
Most Wanted David Glenn Hoganwith Michael J. Duthie [14]
1998 Rush Hour Brett Ratner [15]
2000 Scary Movie Keenen Ivory Wayans [16]
The Family Man Brett Ratner [17]
2001 Rush Hour 2 [18]
2002 Red Dragon [19]
2003 Honey Bille Woodruff with Emma E. Hickox [20]
Shanghai Knights David Dobkin Additional editor [21]
2004 After the Sunset Brett Ratner [22]
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand with Mark Goldblatt and Julia Wong [23]
2007 Rush Hour 3 with Dean Zimmerman and Don Zimmerman [24]
2008 Four Christmases Seth Gordon with Melissa Kent [25]
New York, I Love You Brett RatnerSegment: "5" [26]
2010 Kites: The Remix Anurag Basu Re-edited version of Kites [5]
2011 Season of the Witch Dominic Sena with Dan Zimmerman and Bob Ducsay
Also second unit director 		[27]
Tower Heist Brett Ratner [28]
2013 Movie 43 Segment: "Happy Birthday" [29]
R.I.P.D. Robert Schwentke [30]
2014 Hercules Brett Ratnerwith Julia Wong [31]
2016 Nina Cynthia Mort [32]
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Jake Kasdan with Steve Edwards [33]
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level with Steve Edwards and Tara Timpone [34]
2024 Red One [35]
Harold and the Purple Crayon Carlos Saldanha with Tia Nolan [36]

Director

YearTitleNotesRef.
2007 Good Luck Chuck Directorial Debut [2] [37]

2nd unit director

YearTitleNotesRef.
1986 Critters [2]
2009 The Final Destination
2011 Season of the Witch Also editor [27]

Television

Editor

YearTitleNotesRef.
1987 Max Headroom 2 episodes [5]
1990Parker KaneTV movie
1992 Tales from the Crypt Episode: "Split Personality" [5]
1994 Rebel Highway 3 episodes [5]
Shake, Rattle and Rock! TV movie [5]
1995 The Avenging Angel [5]
2005 Prison Break Episode: "Pilot" [5]
2011 CHAOS Episode: "Pilot" [5]

Director

YearTitleNotes
2008 Prison Break Episode: "Just Business"
2010 Bones Episode: "The Shallow in the Deep"

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResult
American Cinema Editors Award 2006 Best Edited Drama Series Prison Break ("Pilot")Nominated
CableACE Award 1995Editing a Dramatic Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries The Avenging Angel Nominated
Satellite Award 2006 Best Editing X-Men: The Last Stand Won

References

  1. ↑ "ACE Board of Directors | American Cinema Editors | ACE" . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Mark Helfrich". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Roman Zair". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Action Jackson". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Editors Guild - IATSE Local 700 > MemberDetail". www.editorsguild.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  6. ↑ "Rich Girl". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Stone Cold". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  8. ↑ "The Last Boy Scout". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Nowhere to Run". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Midnight Kiss | Cast and Crew | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  11. ↑ "Striking Distance". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  12. ↑ "Showgirls". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  13. ↑ "Money Talks". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  14. ↑ "Most Wanted". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  15. ↑ "Rush Hour". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  16. ↑ "Scary Movie". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  17. ↑ "The Family Man". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  18. ↑ "Rush Hour 2". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  19. ↑ "Red Dragon". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  20. ↑ "Honey". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  21. ↑ "Shanghai Knights". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  22. ↑ "After the Sunset". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  23. ↑ "X-Men The Last Stand". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  24. ↑ "Rush Hour 3". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  25. ↑ "Four Christmases". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  26. ↑ "New York, I Love You". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  27. 1 2 "Season of the Witch". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  28. ↑ "Tower Heist". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  29. ↑ "Movie 43". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  30. ↑ "R.I.P.D." BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  31. ↑ "Hercules". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  32. ↑ Barker, Andrew (2016-04-18). "Film Review: Zoe Saldana in 'Nina'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  33. ↑ "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  34. ↑ "Jumanji The Next Level". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  35. ↑ "Red One". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  36. ↑ "Harold and the Purple Canyon". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  37. ↑ "Good Luck Chuck". BFI National Archive . Retrieved 2025-08-10.


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