Bob Murawski (born June 14, 1964) is an American

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. He was awarded the 2010

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for his work on ''

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'', which he shared with his wife, fellow editor Chris Innis. He often works with

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, having edited the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, '' Oz the Great and Powerful'', and ''

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''. Murawski is an elected member of the

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and is (with Sage Stallone) the co-founder of Grindhouse Releasing, an acclaimed film distribution company specializing in re-releases of

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Early life

Murawski was born in Bad Axe,

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, and grew up in the thumb of the state. He was the

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at his high school in Bad Axe, Michigan, and graduated from

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with a major in Telecommunications.

Career

Soon after graduation, he interned with Detroit-based film sub-distributor, Bob Mason of Mason Releasing. Murawski then moved to Hollywood, where he worked as an assistant editor on several films, including Raimi's comic-book-inspired picture '' Darkman''.

Film editing

Murawski has largely worked as a film editor, primarily for director/producer

, on films including ''

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'', '' The Gift'', '' Drag Me to Hell'' and the ''

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'' series of films. He also co-edited the Academy Award winning film, ''

'' with editor Chris Innis. Raimi has said of working with Murawski

He’d come (down to the set) to see how things were going and to let me know if he’d just cut something that wasn’t working the way he’d wanted it to, or to suggest a pick-up shot I should get for a piece he felt we needed in a sequence I hadn’t realized I needed. He’s very detail-oriented... So we’re very close collaborators.

Raimi finds editing with Murawski to be "relaxing", adding

I love it... I can watch the film come together, so it’s a time of discovery for me as Bob and I fit all the pieces together. - Post Magazine "Director's Chair: Sam Raimi - Drag Me to Hell" by Ian Blair, July 1, 2009

Murawski has also cut music videos for such groups as

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, and Sublime. Bob Murawski appears in the documentary '' 78/52'', directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, a post-modern breakdown of the iconic shower scene in

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's '' Psycho''. He is represented by International Creative Management (ICM).

Film distribution

In 1995, born out of a mutual love for rare and unseen cult films, Bob Murawski and actor/director and son of

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, Sage Stallone formed Grindhouse Releasing.
Interview with exploitation film distributor Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing Murawski continues to run Grindhouse and partner Box Office Spectaculars, both companies that restore, preserve, and distribute classic cult and Euro-horror films. The two labels have digitally remastered classic cult films such as '' The Swimmer (1968 film), The Swimmer'' starring

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, ''

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'' starring

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and Tomas Milian, Lucio Fulci's spaghetti-horror masterpiece, ''E tu vivrai nel terrore'' (a.k.a. '' The Beyond'') as well as Italian cannibal films ''Make Them Die Slowly'' (a.k.a. '' Cannibal Ferox''), ''

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'', American cult film '' I Drink Your Blood'' (1970) (directed by David E. Durston), and director Juan Piquer Simón's cult horror film, '' Pieces''. The company is currently presenting the release of '' An American Hippie in Israel'' (on Blu-ray/DVD) and Duke Mitchell's previously unreleased independent feature, '' Gone with the Pope'' (screening theatrically). Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse has also handled the theatrical re-release and negative restoration of director

's cult horror film, ''

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'' as well as helming the digital restorations (in association with

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) of the rare spaghetti western ''

'' and '' The Swimmer (1968 film), The Swimmer'' directed by Frank Perry.

Personal life

Murawski is married to film editor Christina "Chris" Innis. The two editors met while working together on the Universal/CBS television series '' American Gothic'' and married in 2008. The pair has worked together on the Academy Award winning film ''

'', and on several

productions such as '' The Gift'', and ''

'', as well as collaborating on Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars releases.

Selected filmography

Film editing

*'' Darkman'' (1990) (assistant editor, director

) *''

'' (1992) (director Sam Raimi) *'' Hard Target'' (1993) (director

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) *'' American Gothic'' (1995–1996) TV series (Editor: Title sequence & Recaps) *''

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'' (1996) (director William Lustig) *'' From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money'' (1999) (director Scott Spiegel) *'' The Gift'' (2000) (edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi) *''

'' (2002) (edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi) *''

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'' (2004) (director Sam Raimi) *''

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'' (2007) (director Sam Raimi) *''

'' (2008) (edited with Chris Innis, director Kathryn Bigelow) *'' Drag Me to Hell'' (2009) (director Sam Raimi) *'' The Resident'' (2010) (editor/re-cut, director Antti Jokinen) *''

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'' (2011) (editor/re-cut) *'' Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013) (director Sam Raimi) *'' Dracula Untold'' (2014) (editor/re-cut) (director Gary Shore) *''

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'' (2015) (editor/re-cut) (director Gil Keenan) *'' Ash vs Evil Dead'' (2015, TV pilot) (editor) (director Sam Raimi) *'' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017) (Additional Editing) (director Jordan Vogt-Roberts) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' (2018) (director

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) *'' Lake of Death'' (2019) (director Nini Bull Robsahm) *''Hopper / Welles'' (2020) (director Orson Welles) *''

'' (2022) (director Sam Raimi) *'' The First Omen'' (2024) (edited with Amy E. Duddleston, director Arkasha Stevenson)

Film distributor

*'' Cannibal Ferox'' (a.k.a. ''Make them Die Slowly'') - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released LD: 1997; VHS: 1999: DVD: July 2000, Blu-ray: 2015 *'' Cat in the Brain'' (a.k.a. ''Nightmare Concert'', ''Un gatto nel cervello'') - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released LD: 1998, DVD: 2009 *'' The Beyond'' (a.k.a. ''Seven Doors of Death'', ''E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà'') - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: October 2000, re-released 2008, Blu-ray: 2015 *'' I Drink Your Blood'' (a.k.a. ''Hydro-Phobia'') - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: 2002; re-released 2006 *''

'' - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: 2005, re-released 2008, Blu-ray: 2014 *'' Pieces'' (a.k.a. ''Mil gritos tiene la noche'') - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: October 2008 *'' Gone with the Pope'' (a.k.a. ''Kiss the Ring'') - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing) - released 2010 (theatrical), 2015 (Blu-ray/DVD combo) *'' An American Hippie in Israel'' (a.k.a. ''Ha-Trempist'', ''The Hitch Hiker'') - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing) (Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013) *''

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'' - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013) *''

'' (a.k.a. ''La resa dei conti'') - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013) *'' The Swimmer (1968 film), The Swimmer'' - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2014) *''Massacre Mafia Style'' - (Box Office Spectaculars) Blu-ray/DVD release 2015

Awards and nominations

*'' The Swimmer (1968 film), The Swimmer'' - (Won) - The 2014 International Press Academy's Satellite Award
- Outstanding Overall Blu-ray/DVD (producer / Grindhouse Releasing)
International Press Academy 2014 Satellite Awards Nominations *''

'' - (Won) - 2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("Oscar")
Best Film Editing(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - 2010 BAFTA - Best Film Editing
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - 2010 ACE Eddie Award - Best Feature Film Editing (Dramatic)
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - The International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award -
Best Film Editing"Indie Heavy Golden Satellite Nods", Indewire, by Peter Knegt, November 29, 2009
- (shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - The Online Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) -

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- Best Film EditingVariety "'Hurt Locker' tops with Boston critics: Pic takes four other kudos as journos hand out honors" by Daniel Kimmel, December 13, 2009
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(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - The Las Vegas Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Won) - International Cinephile Society award - Best Editing
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis)Indiewire "Serious Man, Firth, Swinton Among Cinephile Society Winners" by Peter Knegt, February 17, 2010
/ref> *''

'' - (Nominated) - The Broadcast Film Critics Association
Critic's Choice Awards - Best Film EditingVariety "BFCA announces its nominees" by Stuart Levine, December 14, 2009
/ref> (shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' - (Nominated) - Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
Outstanding Editing - Feature FilmPost Production Buyers Guide, Hollywood Post Alliance, "Hollywood Post Alliance Announce 2009 Award Nominees", October 1, 2009
Variety "Nominees announced for post awards" by David S. Cohen, October 1, 2009
/ref> (shared with co-editor Chris Innis) *''

'' (Nominated) - 2004 Golden Satellite Awards, Satellite Award for Best Editing *''

-'' American Film Institute Awards 2004, official selection for AFI top ten movies of the year. *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - National Board of Review ― William K. Everson Award for Film History (shared with producers) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - National Society of Film Critics ― Film Heritage Award (shared with producers) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Won) - National Association of Film Critics ― Best editing award (shared with Orson Welles) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Won) - San Francisco Film Critics Circle ― Best editing award (shared with Welles) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Won) - Los Angeles Film Critics Association ― Special citation (shared with producers) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Runner-up) - Boston Society of Film Critics ― Best editing award (with Welles) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Runner-up) - International Cinephile Society ― Best editing award (with Welles) *'' The Other Side of the Wind'' - (Nominated) - Chicago Film Critics Association ― Best editing award (with Welles) *First recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award (2018), 75th Venice International Film Festival.

References

External links

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"Tech Support Interview: The Crafts of The Hurt Locker," Incontention, by Guy Lodge, January 7, 2010Below the Line Magazine - "Contenders - Editors Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker", by Mary Ann Skweres, March 2, 2010
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Early life

Career

Film editing

Film distribution

Personal life

Selected filmography

Film editing

Film distributor

Awards and nominations

See also

References

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