 |
Pietro Scalia | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 17, 1960 Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (MFA) |
Pietro Scalia (born March 17, 1960) is an Italian film editor. He won the Best Film Editing award at the 64th Academy Awards for his work on the film JFK , sharing the award with Joe Hutshing, and at the 74th Academy Awards for Black Hawk Down .
He was born in Catania, Sicily, [1] and later emigrated to Aarau, Switzerland as a child with his parents. [2] There, he attended Swiss-German schools until high school. After graduation, he decided to move to the United States to pursue his college education. He spent two years at the University at Albany, The State University of New York, after which he was accepted as an undergraduate at UCLA. The Swiss government's scholarship helped him through five years of UCLA and in 1985 he earned his Master of Fine Arts from the UCLA Film School. [3]
After his MFA, a couple of short films, a screenplay, two video documentaries, and a 16 mm thesis film, he returned to Europe to pursue his desire to become a film director. Shortly afterward, he returned to the United States on a work visa to pursue his career in Hollywood as a film editor. He began as an editor on Andrei Konchalovsky's Shy People. Later, he received an assistant editor position working with Oliver Stone. However, it was not easy to get the job. Scalia admired Oliver Stone's work, especially Salvador , so he decided he wanted to work with that director. He got a contact through the sister of one of the assistant editors. Scalia worked on such films as Wall Street (1987) and Talk Radio (1988). He later continued as an associate editor on Born on the Fourth of July and as an additional editor on The Doors .
After five years of working with Oliver Stone, Scalia was finally asked to fully edit a film. It was JFK , for which Scalia and his co-editor, Joe Hutshing, were honored with an Academy Award for Film Editing. Craig McKay was nominated the same year for editing The Silence of the Lambs . Scalia edited a sequel to the movie, Hannibal ten years later. He also received a BAFTA Award and A.C.E. Award for his work. [4]
Pietro Scalia worked with Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddha (1993) and Stealing Beauty (1996), [5] as well as with Sam Raimi on The Quick and the Dead (1995). He earned two more Academy Award nominations: first in 1997 for Good Will Hunting and second in 2000 for Gladiator , [6] and a second Academy Award for director Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down . [7] He also edited G.I. Jane and a pilot episode of a TV series American Gothic in late 1990s.
In the recent years, Scalia edited such movies as Levity (2003) directed by Ed Solomon, a documentary entitled Ashes and Snow, The Great Raid directed by John Dahl, and Memoirs of a Geisha , one of the most publicized movies of 2005, directed by Rob Marshall. Scalia also worked on Hannibal Rising , a movie that tells a story of a teenaged Hannibal and his young sister Mischa Lecter after their parents are killed in World War II. It was directed by Peter Webber and released in 2007. He has a long lasting relationship with Ridley Scott working on movies such as American Gangster in 2007, Body of Lies in 2008 and Robin Hood in 2010. Most recently he worked with director Ridley Scott on The Martian , released in October 2015. In May 2017, Scalia replaced editor Chris Dickens on the film Solo: A Star Wars Story , which was released in May 2018. [8]
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Teresa Sparks and two children, Julian and Maia Scalia.
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Megaville | Peter Lehner | |
| 1991 | JFK | Oliver Stone | Fifth collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 1992 | Jackpot | Mario Orfini | |
| 1993 | Little Buddha | Bernardo Bertolucci | First collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Sam Raimi | |
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty | Bernardo Bertolucci | Second collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | Ridley Scott | First collaboration with Ridley Scott |
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | First collaboration with Gus Van Sant | |
| 1998 | The Big Hit | Che-Kirk Wong | |
| Playing by Heart | Willard Carroll | ||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Second collaboration with Ridley Scott |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Third collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| Black Hawk Down | Fourth collaboration with Ridley Scott | ||
| 2003 | Levity | Ed Solomon | |
| Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | ||
| 2005 | The Great Raid | John Dahl | |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall | ||
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Peter Webber | |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | Fifth collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Sixth collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Matthew Vaughn | |
| Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | Seventh collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Eighth collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Marc Webb | First collaboration with Marc Webb | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Ridley Scott | Ninth collaboration with Ridley Scott |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Marc Webb | Second collaboration with Marc Webb |
| 2015 | Child 44 | Daniel Espinosa | First collaboration with Daniel Espinosa |
| The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant | Third collaboration with Gus Van Sant | |
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | Tenth collaboration with Ridley Scott | |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | First collaboration with Michael Bay |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | Eleventh collaboration with Ridley Scott |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Michael Bay | Second collaboration with Michael Bay |
| Morbius | Daniel Espinosa | Second collaboration with Daniel Espinosa | |
| The Gray Man | Russo brothers | ||
| 2023 | Ferrari | Michael Mann |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Shy People | Andrei Konchalovsky | First assistant editor | |
| Wall Street | Oliver Stone | Assistant editor | First collaboration with Oliver Stone | |
| 1988 | Cameron's Closet | Armand Mastroianni | ||
| Haunted Summer | Ivan Passer | |||
| Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | Second collaboration with Oliver Stone | ||
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Associate editor | Third collaboration with Oliver Stone | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Additional editor | Fourth collaboration with Oliver Stone | |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Desmond Nakano | Consulting editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Incident at Loch Ness | Zak Penn | Party Guest |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Over the Summer | Teresa Sparks | Assistant cameraman |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | Music producer | Uncredited |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Music supervisor |
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | Executive producer |
| 2015 | The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant | Co-producer |
| 2022 | Morbius | Daniel Espinosa | Associate producer |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Over the Summer | Teresa Sparks | Sound editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Matador | Richard Shepard | The producers would like to thank | |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Stuart Townsend | ||
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rob Cohen | Special thanks | |
| 2010 | Repo Men | Miguel Sapochnik | First collaboration with Miguel Sapochnik | |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | George Nolfi | Thanks | |
| 2012 | Quartet | Dustin Hoffman | With thanks to | |
| Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | Special thanks | Second collaboration with Gus Van Sant | |
| 2013 | Elysium | Neill Blomkamp | Thanks | |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Louis Leterrier | Special thanks | |
| Gold | Stephen Gaghan | |||
| 2021 | Firebird | Peeter Rebane | ||
| Finch | Miguel Sapochnik | The filmmakers gratefully thank | Second collaboration with Miguel Sapochnik |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ashes and Snow | Gregory Colbert |
| 2007 | The 11th Hour |
|
| 2009 | 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy | Robert Lemelson |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Breaking the Ice | Supervising editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Stairway from Hell | Christian Bunz | Special thanks |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ghost Recon: Alpha |
|
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Showdown |
| Special thanks |
| 2012 | Broken | Alessandra Pasquino | Thanks |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | American Gothic | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | Special thanks | 2 episodes |
Sir Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker. He is best known for directing films in the science fiction, crime, and historical drama genres. His work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors and has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024.
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, macho image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth-most-popular star at the box office.
Hannibal is a 2001 psychological horror crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and based on the 1999 novel by Thomas Harris. A sequel to the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, the plot follows disgraced FBI special agent Clarice Starling as she attempts to apprehend cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him. Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as Lecter, while Julianne Moore replaces Jodie Foster as Starling and Gary Oldman plays Verger. Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, and Francesca Neri also star. It’s an international co-production film between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC is an American cinematographer. Known for his trademark aggressively bright highlight as well as shapeshifting style, he is one of three living persons who has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, the others being Vittorio Storaro and Emmanuel Lubezki. He has frequently collaborated with Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese.
Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.
Julie Monroe is an American film editor best known for having been one of director Oliver Stone's 'hot shot' group of up-and-coming film editors.
Joe Hutshing is an American film editor who grew up in San Diego, California and is best known for working multiple times with film director, Oliver Stone and well as with film director Cameron Crowe. Hutshing graduated from the University of Oregon in 1980.
David Brenner was an American film editor known for being one of director Oliver Stone's "hot shot" group of up-and-coming film editors. He was elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. He died at the age of 59.
John MathiesonCAL, BSC is an English cinematographer and commercial director. He is one of a group of filmmakers who emerged from the music video industry of the late 1980s and 1990s. He is a frequent collaborator with director Ridley Scott, acting as director of photography on most of his films beginning with Gladiator (2000), for which he won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He has worked with directors like Joel Schumacher, Rowan Joffé, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Ritchie, James Mangold, and Rob Letterman.
The BAFTA Award for Best Direction, formerly known as David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction, is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a film director for a specific film.
David Scarpa is an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with director Ridley Scott, writing the screenplays for All the Money in the World (2017), about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping, Napoleon (2023), a historical biopic centered on Napoleon Bonaparte, and Gladiator II (2024), a sequel to the 2000 film Gladiator.
Terence Rawlings was an English film and sound editor. With over 70 feature film credits between 1962 and 2004, he was most noted for his work with directors such as Ridley Scott, Ken Russell, and Martin Campbell.
Arthur Max is an American production designer.
Elizabeth Clare Douglas was a British film editor who received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the 2006 film United 93. Douglas worked extensively for British television, and had been nominated four times for BAFTA Television Editing Awards.
Saar Klein is an Israeli-American film editor and director, who has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for The Thin Red Line and for Almost Famous, and who received an ACE Eddie Award for editing the latter one.
Christina Jean "Chris" Innis is an American film editor and filmmaker. She was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE awards for "Best Film Editing" on the film The Hurt Locker shared with co-editor, Bob Murawski. She is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and has served as an associate director on the board.
Michael Minkler is a motion picture sound re-recording mixer. He has received Academy Awards for his work on Dreamgirls, Chicago and Black Hawk Down. His varied career has also included films like Inglourious Basterds, JFK and Star Wars, as well as television programs like The Pacific and John Adams. Minkler works at Todd-AO Hollywood. He is also the Managing Director of Moving Pictures Media Group, a company that specializes in film development, packaging projects for production funding acquisition.
Janty Yates is a British costume designer for film and television. In 2001, she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gladiator (2000). She has also received nominations for BAFTA Awards, Satellite Awards, and Saturn Awards. She is a frequent collaborator with English director Ridley Scott, having worked with him fourteen times as of 2021.
Neil Corbould is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Black Hawk Down. He is the brother of fellow special effects supervisors Chris Corbould, Paul Corbould and Ian Corbould.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
