John Gilbert is a

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who works primarily in

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. Gilbert has edited 17 feature films as well as television shows and short films. He won the

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and the

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, among several honors, for

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's war drama ''

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'' (2016). Gilbert had earlier received various accolades for his work on

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's '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), including the

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and nominations for an

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, a

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and an

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. John Gilbert's first position in film was with Government filmmaking body The

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, in his native New Zealand. Gilbert was taking a break from history and anthropology studies at the time, but never returned to university, moving on to

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, where he worked as an assistant editor and editor. Gilbert also spent time freelancing as a sound editor. Gilbert's first credit as an editor on a full-length feature was for the film '' Crush'' (1992), which was invited to the Cannes Film Festival. Gilbert received a "Best Editing" award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards for comedy drama film ''Via Satellite'' (1998). He received a New Zealand Screen Award for editing ''

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'' (2005) and reunited with Mel Gibson on the historical drama ''

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''. Gilbert has been elected to membership in the

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on 4 March 2008.

Selected filmography (editor)

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