JohnGilbert
- Editor
John Gilbert has edited images of hobbits, disabled lovers, and heroic conscientious objectors. Along the way he has done time at TVNZ, edited over 20 feature films, and cut a clutch of classic short films. In 2017 Gilbert won his first Academy Award — for Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge — after having been previously nominated for The Fellowship of the Ring.
Screenography
Biography
John Gilbert’s versatility as an editor is evident in the characters he's helped create on screen — among them gormless farmers, ageing motorcyclists, twin Danielle Cormacks, and an oddball amnesiac (The Lounge Bar). Long fascinated by how stories are constructed, Gilbert believes that story and character are the backbone of good editing.
Awards
2017 Bafta Film Awards
Best Editing - Film: for Hacksaw Ridge
2017 Australian Film Institute Awards
Best Editing: for Hacksaw Ridge
“...you've got to have a strong spine to a film, and story and character is what tends to capture an audience, and then you can attempt to look at doing it well, in a colourful, entertaining way. But you've got to make that backbone first. That's what editing's all about. ”