Jim Miller (film editor)

Jim W. Miller (* in Chicago, Illinois) is an American editor.

Life

After the Chicago native Miller made ​​his first steps in the production and the intersection of Fernsespots and industrial films, he moved to Los Angeles to become self-employed as a cutter. After 1985, he assisted Dede Allen in The Breakfast Club, he was allowed back in 1988 with Milagro - The conduct of war in the bean field for the first time on their own responsibility a film editing.

In particular, the U.S. director Barry Sonnenfeld connects him since 1991, a long-term cooperation. Thus he cut not only The Addams Family, The Addams Family in crazy tradition and Get Shorty, but also the two Will Smith movies Men in Black and Wild Wild West. He had his greatest success, however, on the side of the cutter Paul Rubell, when he cut Collateral with him and was nominated for both the Academy Award and BAFTA Award.

Jim Miller's brother Thomas Miller is also Cutter.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Oscar 2005: Best Editing - Collateral ( nominated )
  • BAFTA Award 2005: Best Editing - Collateral ( nominated )
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