Eddie Hamilton

Eddie Hamilton is a British film editor. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors.^[1] He is a frequent collaborator with directors Matthew Vaughn and Christopher McQuarrie.^[2]^[3]

After his collaboration with actor Tom Cruise on the Mission Impossible film series, Cruise recommended to director Joseph Kosinski that Hamilton edit their film Top Gun: Maverick.^[4] For his work on the film, Hamilton was nominated for numerous year-end awards, including the Academy Award and BAFTA Award.^[5]^[6]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1993	Hallraiser III: Hell On Commie (student film)^[7]	Simon Fitzjohn & Eddie Hamilton
1998	Urban Ghost Story	Geneviève Jolliffe
2000	Dead Babies	William Marsh
2001	Mr In-Between	Paul Sarossy
2001	Large	Justin Edgar
2001	Mean Machine	Barry Skolnick
2002	Club Le Monde	Simon Rumley
2002	Swept Away	Guy Ritchie
2003	Crime Spree	Brad Mirman
2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Alexander Witt
2004	Spivs	Colin Teague
2005	Shadows in the Sun	Brad Mirman
2006	Minotaur	Jonathan English
2006	DOA: Dead or Alive	Corey Yuen
2008	Freebird	Jon Ivay
2010	Kick-Ass	Matthew Vaughn
2011	X-Men: First Class	Matthew Vaughn
2011	Swinging with the Finkels	Jonathan Newman
2011	Foster	Jonathan Newman
2013	Jadoo	Amit Gupta
2013	All Things to All Men	George Isaac
2013	Kick-Ass 2	Jeff Wadlow
2014	The Loft	Erik Van Looy
2014	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Matthew Vaughn	Nominated (with John Harris)—Saturn Award for Best Editing^[8]
2015	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Christopher McQuarrie
2017	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Matthew Vaughn
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Christopher McQuarrie	Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Editing^[9]
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Joseph Kosinski	American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Saturn Award for Best Editing Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Award for Best Editing Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing^[10] Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing Nominated—Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Award for Best Editing Nominated—Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Editing Nominated-Satellite Award for Best Editing Nominated—Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Editing Nominated—San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing
2023	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Christopher McQuarrie
2025	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	Christopher McQuarrie

References

^ admin33. "ACE Active Member Directory". American Cinema Editors. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Eddie Hamilton Tells Tom Cruise When to Jump Out a Plane Again to Get the Shot". IndieWire. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ Bird, Paddy (29 July 2015). "How 'Mission Impossible' Editor Eddie Hamilton Skipped Film School & Worked His Way to Cutting Blockbusters". No Film School. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ "Top Gun: Maverick Editor Eddie Hamilton on Why Tom Cruise Recommended Him for the Job of Cutting Paramount's Intricate Action Sequel | Below the Line". 11 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ Fleming, Ryan (7 January 2023). "How 'Top Gun: Maverick' Editor Eddie Hamilton Wove Together "Punchy, Exciting" Sequences". Deadline. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ Licuria, Rob (20 December 2022). "Eddie Hamilton ('Top Gun: Maverick' editor) on the blockbuster's cultural impact: 'I think it's the film that we needed' [Exclusive Video Interview]". GoldDerby. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ Full Circle Fan Channel (14 March 2019). Hallraiser III: Hell On Commie (student film). Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Bryant, Jacob (24 February 2016). "'Star Wars,' 'Mad Max,' 'Walking Dead' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ Frazer, Bryant (23 July 2018). "Film Editor Eddie Hamilton, ACE, on Mission: Impossible – Fallout". StudioDaily. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Eddie Hamilton at IMDb

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[1] 33. "ACE Active Member Directory". American Cinema Editors. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Eddie Hamilton Tells Tom Cruise When to Jump Out a Plane Again to Get the Shot". IndieWire. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[3] Bird, Paddy (29 July 2015). "How 'Mission Impossible' Editor Eddie Hamilton Skipped Film School & Worked His Way to Cutting Blockbusters". No Film School. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[4] "Top Gun: Maverick Editor Eddie Hamilton on Why Tom Cruise Recommended Him for the Job of Cutting Paramount's Intricate Action Sequel | Below the Line". 11 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[5] Fleming, Ryan (7 January 2023). "How 'Top Gun: Maverick' Editor Eddie Hamilton Wove Together "Punchy, Exciting" Sequences". Deadline. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[6] Licuria, Rob (20 December 2022). "Eddie Hamilton ('Top Gun: Maverick' editor) on the blockbuster's cultural impact: 'I think it's the film that we needed' [Exclusive Video Interview]". GoldDerby. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[7] Full Circle Fan Channel (14 March 2019). Hallraiser III: Hell On Commie (student film). Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via YouTube.

[8] Bryant, Jacob (24 February 2016). "'Star Wars,' 'Mad Max,' 'Walking Dead' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[9] Frazer, Bryant (23 July 2018). "Film Editor Eddie Hamilton, ACE, on Mission: Impossible – Fallout". StudioDaily. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[10] "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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v t e American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film
Best Edited Feature Film (1961–1998)	Philip W. Anderson (1961) Samuel E. Beetley (1962) Harold F. Kress (1963) Cotton Warburton (1964) William H. Reynolds (1965) William B. Murphy (1966) Michael Luciano (1967) Frank P. Keller (1968) William H. Reynolds (1969) Hugh S. Fowler (1970) Folmar Blangsted (1971) David Bretherton (1972) William H. Reynolds (1973) Michael Luciano (1974) Verna Fields (1975) Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976) William H. Reynolds (1977) Peter Zinner (1978) Alan Heim (1979) Thelma Schoonmaker (1980) Michael Kahn (1981) John Bloom (1982) Tom Rolf (1983) Nena Danevic and Michael A. Chandler (1984) Thom Noble (1985) Claire Simpson (1986) Gabriella Cristiani (1987) Gerry Hambling / Stu Linder (1988) Steven Rosenblum (1989) Neil Travis (1990) Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991) Joel Cox (1992) Michael Kahn (1993) Arthur Schmidt (1994) Steven Rosenblum (1995) Walter Murch (1996) Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (1997) Michael Kahn (1998)
Comedy or Musical (1999–present)	Eric Zumbrunnen (1999) Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein (2000) Jill Bilcock (2001) Martin Walsh (2002) Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood (2003) Paul Hirsch (2004) Michael McCusker (2005) Virginia Katz (2006) Chris Lebenzon (2007) Stephen Schaffer (2008) Debra Neil-Fisher (2009) Chris Lebenzon (2010) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2012) Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2013) Barney Pilling (2014) Hank Corwin (2015) Tom Cross (2016) Tatiana S. Riegel (2017) Yorgos Mavropsaridis (2018) Tom Eagles (2019) Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler (2020) Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum (2021) Paul Rogers (2022) Kevin Tent (2023) Myron Kerstein (2024)
Dramatic (1999–present)	Zach Staenberg (1999) Pietro Scalia (2000) Pietro Scalia (2001) Thelma Schoonmaker (2002) Jamie Selkirk (2003) Thelma Schoonmaker (2004) Hughes Winborne (2005) Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione / Thelma Schoonmaker (2006) Christopher Rouse (2007) Chris Dickens (2008) Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (2010) Kevin Tent (2011) William Goldenberg (2012) Christopher Rouse (2013) Sandra Adair (2014) Margaret Sixel (2015) Joe Walker (2016) Lee Smith (2017) John Ottman (2018) Yang Jin-mo (2019) Alan Baumgarten (2020) Pamela Martin (2021) Eddie Hamilton (2022) Jennifer Lame (2023) Juliette Welfling (2024)

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