Richard Pearson (born 1961) is an American

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who is mainly associated with

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s. Pearson, with

Clare Douglas Elizabeth Clare Douglas (21 February 1944 – 9 July 2017) was a British film editor who received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the 2006 film '' United 93''. Douglas worked extensively for British television, and had been nominated four ...

and Christopher Rouse, received the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film '' United 93'' (2006).

Life and career

Pearson was born in

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,Strickler, Jeff (2007). "'Invisible artist' getting noticed. For a transplanted Minnesotan, editing film is a cut above other Hollywood jobs", interview with Richard Pearson from the ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', April 1, 2007. and raised in New Hope, Minnesota. As a college student in the early 1980s, Pearson was an intern at the television station

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in Minneapolis. He moved to Hollywood in 1985 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. His first editing credit was for the television miniseries ''

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'' (1998). The "1968" episode of ''From the Earth to the Moon'' was nominated for an

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"Eddie" award (Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series) and for an

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(Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie). Christopher Rouse, Pearson's co-editor on ''The Bourne Supremacy'' and ''United 93'', also worked on this miniseries. Following an editing credit for the film '' Muppets from Space'' (1999), Pearson edited two films ('' Bowfinger'' and ''

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'') that were directed by

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's early collaborator in developing

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. '' United 93'' was directed by Paul Greengrass, who is particularly noted for films that are "shot verité style as a detailed mass of hectic vignettes—jagged jump cuts, sudden blackouts, overlapping everything." The use of three editors (Douglas, Pearson, and Rouse) on ''United 93'' was dictated by its short post-production period; less than six months passed between the start of filming and release of the film. Greengrass and Douglas had worked together quite successfully on the film '' Bloody Sunday'' (2002); Greengrass, Pearson, and Rouse had recently finished '' The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004). Despite the accelerated post-production schedule for ''United 93'', the editing was very successful. Ellen Feldman has written an analysis of the film's editing; she notes that, "''United 93'' represents a complex editing feat, with a structure based on parallel cutting combined with an edgy, hyper-cranked "Cinema Verité” style, a style that disorients us but doesn't prevent us from grasping lots of necessary exposition and identifying with many characters." In addition to the BAFTA Award, the editors were also nominated for an

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and for an ACE Eddie Award. Pearson has been elected to membership in the

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on March 4, 2008. Pearson was an editor of the

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film, ''

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'' (2008), along with Matt Chessé. He worked on '' Safe House'' (2012). He resides in California.

Editing credits

TV series

References

External links

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