Christopher Rouse (editor)

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Christopher Rouse (born 1958) is an American film editor who won the Academy Award for Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). His father, the late Russell Rouse, was an Academy Award-winning writer, director and producer. His mother was the late actress, Beverly Michaels (1928 - 2007). In the 1980s, Rouse worked as an assistant editor on numerous films, commencing with All Summer in a Day (1982). His first editing credit was for Desperate Hours (1992), which was directed by Michael Cimino. Much of Rouse's work in the 1990s was for television. He edited the miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2002) for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.

The Bourne Ultimatum was the third film directed by Paul Greengrass that Rouse has edited. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) was their first collaboration. Rouse had previously been an "additional editor" on the initial film in the Bourne series, The Bourne Identity (2002), that had been directed by Doug Liman. Frank Marshall, who co-produced the Bourne series, recommended Rouse to Greengrass.[1] The editing of their second feature together, United 93 (2006), received the BAFTA Award as well as nominations for the Academy Award and the ACE Eddie Award. Several interviews of Rouse have been published where he discusses the editing of Greengrass' films.[1][2][3]

Greengrass is noted for a "cinéma vérité" style of filmmaking that uses several handheld cameras, and that creates opportunities for innovative editing. Ellen Feldman has written a detailed analysis of the editing of United 93.[4][5] David Bordwell has discussed this aspect of the films as a further extension of "intensified continuity", which is a perspective on filmmaking that Bordwell has been developing for some years.[6]

Rouse has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.[7]

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[edit] Filmography

  1. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass - 2007)
  2. United 93 (Paul Greengrass - 2006)
  3. Eight Below (Frank Marshall - 2006)
  4. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass - 2004)
  5. Paycheck (John Woo - 2003)
  6. The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray - 2003)
  7. The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002) (TV)
  8. Boomtown (2002) TV Series (1 episode)
  9. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (Robert Dornhelm - 2001) (TV miniseries)
  10. A Girl Thing (2001) (TV miniseries)
  11. Sole Survivor (2000) (TV)
  12. Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) (TV)
  13. Olympic Glory (1999)
  14. From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (miniseries; parts 5, 6, 8 and 10)
  15. Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
  16. Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead (1995) (TV)
  17. Nothing Personal (1995)
  18. The Wharf Rat (1995) (TV)
  19. Breach of Conduct (1994) (TV)
  20. Dangerous Touch (1994)
  21. Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
  22. Past Midnight (Jan Eliasberg - 1992)
  23. Desperate Hours (Michael Cimino - 1990)

[edit] Awards and Nominations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Frazer, Bryant (2007). "Film Editor Christopher Rouse on The Bourne Ultimatum", Film and Video Magazine, September 11, 2007. Online version retrieved May 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Wood, Jennifer M. (2007). "One Day in September", interview with Christopher Rouse in Moviemaker, February 3, 2007; online version retrieved April 18, 2008.
  3. ^ Almo, Laura (2008). "'The Bourne Supremacy': Non-Stop Action Film Sweeps Oscar's Post Awards", Editors Guild Magazine May 2008 issue; online version retrieved May 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). "Art of Editing Corner: United 93 (Part 1)", Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on 2008-04-19.
  5. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). "Art of Editing Corner: United 93 (Part 2)", Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on 2008-04-19.
  6. ^ Bordwell, David (2007). "Unsteadicam Chronicles", webpage from Bordwell's blog archived at WebCite from this original URL.
  7. ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.

[edit] Sources

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