William Hoy (film editor)

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William Hoy is an American film editor with over two dozen feature-film editing credits since 1988. Hoy and Stan Salfas won Satellite Awards for Best Editing for the films Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Hoy and Tyler Nelson were nominated the Saturn Award for Best Editing for The Batman (2022). Hoy is a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE). [1]

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Hoy has collaborated with director Zack Snyder on the films 300 (2006), Watchmen (2009), and Sucker Punch (2011). [2] He has also collaborated with director Matt Reeves on the films Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, and The Batman.

Hoy has a sister, Maysie Hoy, who is also a film editor. [2]

List of editing credits

One of Hoy's first credits as editor was the film Silent Assassins (1988). [3] Before then, his earliest credits were as assistant editor for the films Quintet (1979) and Health (1980). [4]

Hoy's editing credits for film
YearTitleNotesRef.
1988Silent Assassins [3]
1989 Best of the Best [4]
1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Edited with Ronald Roose [4]
1992 Patriot Games Edited with Neil Travis [4]
1993 Sliver Edited with Richard Francis-Bruce [4]
1994 Judicial Consent [4]
1995 Outbreak Edited with Lynzee Klingman, Neil Travis, and Stephen E. Rivkin [5]
1997 The Eighteenth Angel [4]
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask [5]
1999 The Bone Collector [5]
2001 Madison [5]
2002 We Were Soldiers [5]
2003 A Man Apart Edited with Bob Brown [5]
2004 I, Robot Edited with Armen Minasian and Richard Learoyd [5]
2005 Fantastic Four [5]
2006 300 [5]
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Edited with Peter S. Elliot [5]
2009 Watchmen [5]
2011 Sucker Punch [5]
2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [5]
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edited with Stan Salfas [5]
2015 Pan Edited with Paul Tothill [5]
2017 2:22 Edited with Gary Woodyard and Sean Lahiff [3]
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Edited with Stan Salfas [5]
2019 The Last Summer Edited with Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo [6]
2020 Underwater Edited with Brian Berdan and Todd E. Miller [4]
2020 The Call of the Wild Edited with David Heinz [4]
2022 The Batman Edited with Tyler Nelson [7]
2023 Extraction 2 Edited with Álex Rodríguez [8]
2025 Superman Edited with Jason Ballantine [9]

Accolades

Hoy's accolades
YearFilmEditor(s)AwardCeremonyResultRef.
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Hoy, Stan Salfas Satellite Award for Best Editing 19th ceremony Won [10]
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Hoy, Stan Salfas Satellite Award for Best Editing 22nd ceremony Won [11]
2022 The Batman Hoy, Tyler Nelson Saturn Award for Best Editing 47th ceremony Nominated [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Cho, Jenny (2013). Chinese in Hollywood. Arcadia Publishing. p. 115. ISBN   978-0-7385-9973-1.
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  7. ↑ Debruge, Peter (February 28, 2022). "'The Batman' Review: A Tortured Robert Pattinson Goes Even Darker Than "The Dark Knight"". Variety . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  8. ↑ Howard, Courtney (June 15, 2023). "'Extraction 2' Review: Chris Hemsworth's Streaming Sequel Ratchets Up the Adrenaline-Pumping Action". Variety . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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