Michael J. Horton is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. He was nominated for an

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for the 2002 film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' that was directed by Peter Jackson. Horton was born in Lower Hutt,

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, in New Zealand. He was educated at Saint Patricks College in Wellington. He began working as a film editor with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in the mid-sixties."The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy Production Notes"
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2008-05-12. He began working with the director

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in the 1970s. In 1981 he edited ''Goodbye Pork Pie'' (1981) with Murphy, which was very successful commercially within New Zealand and thus an important impetus to the development of

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. Horton worked with Murphy on two other successful projects in the mid-1980s before Murphy's departure for the United States. Following Murphy's return to New Zealand, Horton and Murphy reunited on '' Spooked'' (2004).

Selected filmography

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Dagg Day Afternoon ''Dagg Day Afternoon'' is a 1977 New Zealand comedy starring John Clarke. It was written and directed by John Clarke and Geoff Murphy. Synopsis Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" (or 6 million dollar ram) which has been los ...

'' (1977) *''

Goodbye Pork Pie ''Goodbye Pork Pie'' is a 1981 New Zealand comedy film directed by Geoff Murphy, co-produced by Murphy and Nigel Hutchinson, and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. The film was New Zealand's first large-scale local hit. One book described ...

'' (1981) *''

Smash Palace ''Smash Palace'' is a New Zealand feature film that premiered at Cannes in May 1981 and was released theatrically in April 1982. The film chronicles a former race car driver (played by Bruno Lawrence) who inadvertently contributes to the end of ...

'' (1981) *''

Utu Utu (dUD "Sun"), also known under the Akkadian name Shamash, ''šmš'', syc, ܫܡܫܐ ''šemša'', he, שֶׁמֶשׁ ''šemeš'', ar, شمس ''šams'', Ashurian Aramaic: 𐣴𐣬𐣴 ''š'meš(ā)'' was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. ...

'' (1983) *'' The Quiet Earth'' (1985) *'' Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale'' (1986) *''

The End of the Golden Weather ''The End of the Golden Weather'' is a play by Bruce Mason about a boy's loss of innocence in Depression-era New Zealand. It was written for solo performance by the author but can be performed by an ensemble and was made into an award-winning ...

'' (1991) *'' The Sound and the Silence'' (1992) *''

Once Were Warriors ''Once Were Warriors'' is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. It was the basis of a 1 ...

'' (1994) *'' Cinema of Unease'' (1995) *''

Forgotten Silver ''Forgotten Silver'' is a 1995 New Zealand mockumentary film that purports to tell the story of a pioneering New Zealand filmmaker. It was written and directed by Peter Jackson and Costa Botes, both of whom appear in the film in their roles as ...

'' (1995) *'' What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?'' (1999) *'' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002) *'' Spooked'' (2004)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand film editors People from Lower Hutt {{Film-editor-stub