Steven Rosenblum

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Steven Rosenblum
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Steven Rosenblum is an American film editor with over twenty feature film credits dating from 1987. He has had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Edward Zwick, and has edited all of his films since Glory (1989). [1]

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Life and career

Rosenblum is a 1976 graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. His collaborator Edward Zwick was a 1975 graduate. [2]

Among the films edited by Rosenblum are Dangerous Beauty (1998), X-Men (2000), and Failure to Launch (2006).

Rosenblum has won two American Cinema Editors "Eddie Awards" for Glory and for Braveheart (1995). He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (for Glory, Braveheart, and Blood Diamond ). [3]

Rosenblum has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, [4] and is the 2011 recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal of the American Film Institute Conservatory. [3] [5]

Filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1987 Steele Justice Robert Boris
Wild Thing Max Reid
1989 Glory Edward Zwick First collaboration with Edward Zwick
1993 Jack the Bear Marshall Herskovitz First collaboration with Marshall Herskovitz
1994 Legends of the Fall Edward ZwickSecond collaboration with Edward Zwick
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson
1996 Courage Under Fire Edward ZwickThird collaboration with Edward Zwick
1998 Dangerous Beauty Marshall HerskovitzSecond collaboration with Marshall Herskovitz
The Siege Edward ZwickFourth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2000 X-Men Bryan Singer
2001 Pearl Harbor Michael Bay
2002 The Four Feathers Shekhar Kapur
2003 The Last Samurai Edward ZwickFifth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2005 XXX: State of the Union Lee Tamahori
2006 Failure to Launch Tom Dey
Blood Diamond Edward ZwickSixth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth Eric Brevig
Defiance Edward ZwickSeventh collaboration with Edward Zwick
2009 Notorious George Tillman Jr.
2010 Love & Other Drugs Edward ZwickEighth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2012 Get the Gringo Adrian Grünberg
2013 After Earth M. Night Shyamalan
2014 Pawn Sacrifice Edward ZwickNinth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2016 The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker
Blood Father Jean-François Richet
The Promise Terry George
2017 Woman Walks Ahead Susanna White
2018 Trial by Fire Edward ZwickTenth collaboration with Edward Zwick
2021 Lansky Eytan Rockaway
2022 On the Come Up Sanaa Lathan
Medieval Petr Jákl
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1980Getting WastedPaul FrizlerDailies editor
1981 Liar's Moon David FisherAssistant film editor
1982 Some Kind of Hero Michael Pressman Assistant editor
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann Jeremy Kagan Additional film editor
1987 Extreme Prejudice Walter Hill Assistant editor
1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark James Signorelli Additional film editor
2001 Enemy at the Gates Jean-Jacques Annaud Additional editor
Spy Game Tony Scott Editorial consultant
2009 Public Enemies Michael Mann Additional editor
2016 Blood Father Jean-François Richet
Uncredited
2022 On the Come Up Sanaa LathanEditor
Music department
YearFilmDirectorRole
2014 Pawn Sacrifice Edward ZwickMusic supervisor
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2008 Righteous Kill Jon Avnet Special thanks

TV series

Editor
YearTitleNotes
1989 Dream Street 1 episode
1987−90 Thirtysomething 12 episodes
Director
YearTitle
1999Animal Minds

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References

  1. Steven Rosenblum at IMDb
  2. "Alumni". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  3. 1 2 Kilday, Gregg (May 24, 2011). "Film Editor Steve Rosenblum to Receive AFI Honor". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  5. "Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

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