Jabez Olssen (born 5 August 1975) is a New Zealand film and television editor who has worked extensively with director

Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...

. Starting in 1998, Olssen worked in the editorial department of two television programs in

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. He was then hired to work with principal editor

Michael J. Horton Michael J. Horton is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2002 film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' that was directed by Peter Jackson. Horton was born in Lower Hutt, Welling ...

on '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (directed by Peter Jackson – 2002). Olssen was ultimately credited as an "additional editor" on this film. The two editors won the

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and the

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Film Critics Society Award for this film. Olssen said of his work "Anyway, if I never get to edit anything ever again, I can still say that I've edited scenes with Gollum in them and I've edited scenes with Darth Vader in them so, I'm good." He won an

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in the 2022 award ceremony for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program for his work on The Beatles: Get Back.

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* Living people New Zealand film editors New Zealand people of Norwegian descent 1975 births Primetime Emmy Award winners {{film-editor-stub