Matthew Schmidt

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Matthew Schmidt
Born (1971-04-30) April 30, 1971 (age 53)
Asmara, Ethiopian Empire (now Eritrea)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1994–present

Matthew Schmidt (born April 30, 1971) is an American film editor, best known for working on several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, [1] such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), [2] Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), all alongside Jeffrey Ford, [3] [4] [5] Black Widow (2021), alongside Leigh Folsom Boyd, [6] and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), alongside Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche and Jennifer Vecchiarello. [7]

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Schmidt first worked with Ford as an assistant editor beginning with the first Avengers film and started sharing the editing credit with Ford beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. [4] The duo edited Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame back-to-back, which was a two-year project and meant they were cutting at the same time of shooting. More than 900 hours of film was shot between both films, making the editing process a massive undertaking. [5] Both films rank "among the biggest box-office earners of all time." [4] For Avengers: Endgame, the two won the Saturn Award for Best Editing. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleDirector(s)Notes
1997 Contact Robert Zemeckis Assistant editor
1998 A Perfect Murder Andrew Davis
1999 The 13th Warrior John McTiernan
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Des McAnuff
2002 Collateral Damage Andrew DavisFirst assistant editor
2003 Daredevil Mark Steven Johnson
2004 I, Robot Alex Proyas
2005 Into the Blue John Stockwell
The Fog Rupert Wainwright Additional editor
2006 The Guardian Andrew DavisFirst assistant editor
2007 Halloween Rob Zombie Assistant editor
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who Murray Lerner
Paul Crowder 		First assistant editor
2008 Bangkok Dangerous Pang brothers Assistant editor
Defiance Edward Zwick First assistant editor
2009John Dunn's Last RunRyan DixonShort film
2010 The Wolfman Joe Johnston Visual effects editor
2011 Hop Tim Hill Assistant editor
Dragon Age: Redemption Peter WintherAdditional editor
2012 The Avengers Joss Whedon Assistant editor
2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black First assistant editor
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Russo brothers Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing [9]
Nominated—HPA Award for Outstanding Editing – Feature Film [10]
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Joss WhedonAssociate editor
2016The DealDaniel S. KaminskyShort film
Captain America: Civil War Russo brothersCo-edited with Jeffrey Ford
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing [11]
2017 The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray Previs editor
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Russo brothersCo-edited with Jeffrey Ford
Saturn Award for Best Editing (for Avengers: Endgame) [8]
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2021 Black Widow Cate Shortland Co-edited with Leigh Folsom Boyd
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Taika Waititi Co-edited with Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche, and Jennifer Vecchiarello
2025 Captain America: Brave New World Julius Onah Co-edited with Madeleine Gavin
TBA The Old Guard 2 [1] Victoria Mahoney Post-production

References

  1. 1 2 "Matthew Schmidt" (PDF). Independent Artist Group . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ Goldman, Michael (June 8, 2016). "Editors Jeff Ford, ACE, and Matthew Schmidt on 'Captain America: Civil War'". Studio Daily. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ James, Daron (May 3, 2018). "Editors Use Super-Human Skills to Cut 'Avengers: Infinity War' Down to Size". Variety . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Guerrasio, Jason (May 13, 2019). "Inside the editing of 'Avengers: Endgame', which included drastic changes to Black Widow's big moment and the time-travel scenes". Business Insider . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Sharf, Zack (May 13, 2019). "'Avengers' Editors Cut 'Infinity War' and 'Endgame' from 900 Hours of Footage: 'Absolutely Hellish'". IndieWire . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ Hullfish, Steve (July 30, 2021). "Art of the Cut: Spinning the Web of Black Widow's Backstory". Frame.io Insider. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Rooney, David (July 5, 2022). "Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman in Taika Waititi's 'Thor: Love and Thunder': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Barnhardt, Adam (September 15, 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame' Wins Big at the Saturn Awards". ComicBook.com . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  9. ↑ Kelley, Seth (March 3, 2015). "'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'Interstellar' Lead Saturn Awards Noms". Variety . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Hollywood Post Alliance Announces Nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards" (Press release). Hollywood Professional Association. September 11, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ McNary, Dave (March 3, 2017). "'Rogue One', 'Walking Dead' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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