Christopher Rouse (film editor)

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Christopher Rouse
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Christopher Russell Rouse

(1958-11-28) November 28, 1958 (age 65)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)film and television editor, screenwriter

Christopher Russell Rouse (born November 28, 1958) is an American film and television editor and screenwriter who has about a dozen feature-film credits and numerous television credits. Rouse won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the ACE Eddie Award for the film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

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Life and career

Rouse was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Russell Rouse, was a writer, director and producer. His mother was actress Beverly Michaels.

In the 1980s, he worked as an assistant editor on numerous films, commencing with All Summer in a Day (1982). His first editing credit was for Desperate Hours (1990), which was directed by Michael Cimino. Much of Rouse's work in the 1990s was in television. He edited the mini-series Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2002) for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Rouse has worked on six films with director Paul Greengrass. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) was their first collaboration. Rouse had previously been an "additional editor" on the initial film in the Bourne series, The Bourne Identity (2002), that had been directed by Doug Liman. Frank Marshall, who co-produced the Bourne series, recommended Rouse to Greengrass. [1]

The editing of their second feature together, United 93 (2006), received the BAFTA Award as well as nominations for the Academy Award and the ACE Eddie Award. Rouse won the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the ACE Eddie for his third collaboration The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). He edited Greengrass' 2010 film Green Zone .

Several interviews of Rouse have been published where he discusses the editing of Greengrass' films. [1] [2] [3] Greengrass is noted for a "cinéma vérité" style of filmmaking that uses several handheld cameras, and that creates opportunities for innovative editing. Ellen Feldman has written a detailed analysis of the editing of United 93. [4] [5] David Bordwell has discussed this aspect of the films as a further extension of "intensified continuity", which is a perspective on filmmaking that Bordwell has been developing for some years. [6]

Rouse has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. [7]

Filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1990 Desperate Hours Michael Cimino
1991 Past Midnight Jan Eliasberg
1994 Dangerous Touch Lou Diamond Phillips First collaboration with Lou Diamond Phillips
Teresa's Tattoo Julie Cypher
1995 Nothing Personal Thaddeus O'Sullivan
1997Dead Men Can't Dance
2003 The Italian Job F. Gary Gray First collaboration with F. Gary Gray
Paycheck John Woo
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Paul Greengrass First collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2006 Eight Below Frank Marshall
United 93 Paul GreengrassSecond collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Third collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2010 Green Zone Fourth collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2013 Captain Phillips Fifth collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2016 Jason Bourne Sixth collaboration with Paul Greengrass
2019 Hobbs & Shaw David Leitch
2024 IF John Krasinski Second collaboration with John Krasinski
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1979 A Force of One Paul AaronApprentice editor
1982 Lookin' to Get Out Hal Ashby Assistant editor
1984 Windy City Armyan Bernstein Additional film editor
1986 The Golden Child Michael Ritchie Assistant film editor
1988 Above the Law Andrew Davis Assistant editor
Shag Zelda Barron Location assistant editor
1989 She's Out of Control Stan Dragoti First assistant editor
1990 Desperate Hours Michael CiminoAssistant editor
1994 Sioux City Lou Diamond PhillipsSupervising editorSecond collaboration with Lou Diamond Phillips
1997 Hacks Gary RosenEditorial consultant
2002 Manito Eric Eason Additional editor
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman
2005 Be Cool F. Gary GraySecond collaboration with F. Gary Gray
2010 The Town Ben Affleck
2011 Green Lantern Martin Campbell
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Ron Howard
2020 A Quiet Place Part II John KrasinskiFirst collaboration with John Krasinski
Producer
YearFilmDirectorCredit
2010 Green Zone Paul GreengrassCo-producer
2013 Captain Phillips
2016 Jason Bourne Executive producer
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2010 Burlesque Steve Antin Special thanks
2012 Safe House Daniel Espinosa
2014 Kill the Messenger Michael Cuesta
2018 Bird Box Susanne Bier
2021 Dune Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve wishes to thank
Writer
YearFilmDirector
2016 Jason Bourne Paul Greengrass
Documentaries
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1999Olympic Glory Kieth Merrill
Producer
YearFilmDirectorCredit
2022 Jennifer Lopez: Halftime Amanda Micheli Executive producer
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2023Kiss the FutureNenad Cicin-SainSpecial thanks

TV movies

Editor
YearFilmDirector
1994 Breach of Conduct Tim Matheson
1995The Wharf RatJimmy Huston
Tails You Live, Heads You're DeadTim Matheson
1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Mikael Salomon
2000 Sole Survivor
2001 A Girl Thing Lee Rose
Anne Frank: The Whole Story Robert Dornhelm
2002 The Pennsylvania Miners' Story David Frankel
Actor
YearFilmDirectorRole
1994 Madonna: Innocence Lost Bradford MayDoo-wop Singer
2001Ruby's Bucket of Blood Peter Werner Sugar Kings

TV series

Editor
YearTitleNotes
1998 From the Earth to the Moon 4 episodes
1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York 2 episodes
2001 A Girl Thing 4 episodes
Anne Frank: The Whole Story 2 episodes
2002 Boomtown
Music department
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 The Saddle Club Composer: Additional song
Performer: Additional song
1 episode

TV shorts

Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1982 All Summer in a Day Ed KaplanAssistant editor

Awards and nominations

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Frazer, Bryant (2007). "Film Editor Christopher Rouse on The Bourne Ultimatum", Film and Video Magazine, September 11, 2007. Online version retrieved May 31, 2008.
  2. Wood, Jennifer M. (2007). "One Day in September" Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine , interview with Christopher Rouse in Moviemaker, February 3, 2007; online version retrieved April 18, 2008.
  3. Almo, Laura (2008). "'The Bourne Supremacy': Non-Stop Action Film Sweeps Oscar's Post Awards Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine ", Editors Guild Magazine May 2008 issue; online version retrieved May 31, 2008.
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