Richard Pearson | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) Minneapolis,Minnesota, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Richard Pearson (born 1961) is an Americanfilm editor who is mainly associated withaction films. Pearson, withClare Douglas andChristopher Rouse, received theBAFTA Award for Best Editing for the filmUnited 93 (2006).
Pearson was born inMinneapolis,Minnesota,[1] and raised inNew Hope, Minnesota.[1] As a college student in the early 1980s, Pearson was an intern at the television stationWCCO-TV in Minneapolis. He moved to Hollywood in 1985 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.[1] His first editing credit was for the television miniseriesFrom the Earth to the Moon (1998). The "1968" episode ofFrom the Earth to the Moon was nominated for anAmerican Cinema Editors "Eddie" award (Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series) and for anEmmy Award (Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie). Christopher Rouse, Pearson's co-editor onThe Bourne Supremacy andUnited 93, also worked on this miniseries.
Following an editing credit for the filmMuppets from Space (1999), Pearson edited two films (Bowfinger andThe Score) that were directed byFrank Oz, who wasJim Henson's early collaborator in developingThe Muppets.
United 93 was directed byPaul Greengrass, who is particularly noted for films that are "shotverité style as a detailed mass of hectic vignettes—jagged jump cuts, sudden blackouts, overlapping everything."[2] The use of three editors (Douglas, Pearson, and Rouse) onUnited 93 was dictated by its short post-production period; less than six months passed between the start of filming and release of the film.[3] Greengrass and Douglas had worked together quite successfully on the filmBloody Sunday (2002); Greengrass, Pearson, and Rouse had recently finishedThe Bourne Supremacy (2004). Despite the accelerated post-production schedule forUnited 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."[4][5] In addition to the BAFTA Award, the editors were also nominated for anAcademy Award for Film Editing and for anACE Eddie Award.
Pearson has been elected to membership in theAmerican Cinema Editors.[6]
Pearson was an editor of theJames Bond film,Quantum of Solace (2008), along withMatt Chessé. He worked onSafe House (2012). He resides in California.
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
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| 2000 | Bait | Antoine Fuqua | Additional editor |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Adam Wingard | |
| 2024 | Lift | F. Gary Gray |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | Gordy | Voice role |
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1993 | South Beach | 1 episode |
| 1994−97 | New York Undercover | 22 episodes |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | The Power Inside | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | American Chronicles |
| 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Title designer: Main titles | 12 episodes |
| 2015 | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore | Production assistant | 1 episode |
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