Mike Hill (film editor)

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Mike Hill

Born

Michael J. Hill
1952
Omaha, Nebraska

Occupation

Awards won
Academy Awards
Film Editing 1995 Apollo 13

Mike Hill, A.C.E. (born 1952 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995). Hill and his editing partner Dan Hanley have edited all the films directed by Ron Howard since Night Shift (1982).^[1]

Hill was raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and received a criminal justice degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1972. His first job was as a guard at Chino prison in California. He then entered the film editing profession, and worked on several television programs and on two feature films before starting his association with Hanley and Howard on Night Shift (1982).^[2] After many years in California, Hill moved back to Nebraska around 2000; in addition to his continuing work on major studio films with Howard, Hill edits independent films produced in Nebraska such as Full Ride (2001).^[3]

In addition to Apollo 13, Hanley and Hill were nominated for Academy Awards for Howard's A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man. Hanley and Hill's longstanding partnership on Howard's films, which includes 18 films through the 2009 Angels and Demons, may be unique among major film editors. An important aspect of the partnership is that the two editors have developed a sufficiently uniform style that they can simply split up the scenes of each film without specialization.^[1]

Hill has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.^[4]

[edit] Selected Filmography

Films directed by Ron Howard

Angels & Demons (2009)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Cinderella Man (2005)
The Missing (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
EDtv (1999)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Paper (1994)
Far and Away (1992)
Backdraft (1991)

Parenthood (1989)
Willow (1988)
Gung Ho (1986)
Cocoon (1985)
Splash (1984)
Night Shift (1982)

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Lewis, Kevin (2005). "Hanley and Hill: Howard's Editing Tag-Team", Editors' Guild Magazine Vol. 27, No. 3. Webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04,
^ Flott, Anthony (1997). "Four Graduates Receive UNO Alumni Citations", University of Nebraska at Omaha press release May 11, 1997. Online version retrieved April 10, 2008.
^ Hoeger, Mark (2001). "Mike Hill Tackles Full Ride", press release from Oberon Entertainment, Inc., September 26, 2001. Online version retrieved April 10, 2008.
^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.