# John Gilbert (film editor)

John Gilbert is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. Gilbert has edited 28 feature films as well as television shows and short films. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, among several honors, for Mel Gibson's war drama Hacksaw Ridge (2016). Gilbert had earlier received various accolades for his work on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), including the Satellite Award for Best Editing and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and an ACE Eddie Award.
John Gilbert's first position in film was with Government filmmaking body The National Film Unit, in his native New Zealand. Gilbert was taking a break from history and anthropology studies at the time, but never returned to university, moving on to Television New Zealand, where he worked as an assistant editor and editor. Gilbert also spent time freelancing as a sound editor.
Gilbert's first credit as an editor on a full-length feature was for the film Crush (1992), which was invited to the Cannes Film Festival. Gilbert received a "Best Editing" award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards for comedy drama film Via Satellite (1998). He received a New Zealand Screen Award for editing The World's Fastest Indian (2005) and reunited with Mel Gibson on the historical drama The Professor and the Madman.
Gilbert has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.

## Selected filmography (editor)

Short film
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1989 | The Lounge Bar | Don McGlashan Harry Sinclair |
| 1996 | Siren | Charles Bracewell |
| 2004 | Kerosene Creek | Michael Bennett |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1992 | Crush | Alison Maclean |
| 1993 | Jack Be Nimble | Garth Maxwell |
| 1994 | Loaded | Anna Campion |
| 1996 | Chicken | Anna Campion |
| 1997 | Aberration | Tim Boxell |
| 1998 | Via Satellite | Anthony McCarten |
| 1999 | Punitive Damage | Annie Goldson |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson |
| 2003 | Perfect Strangers | Gaylene Preston |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Roger Donaldson |
| 2007 | Bridge to Terabithia | Gábor Csupó |
| 2008 | Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten |
| 2008 | The Bank Job | Roger Donaldson |
| 2009 | Bandslam | Todd Graff |
| 2010 | Matariki | Michael Bennett |
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Gary McKendry |
| 2014 | The November Man | Roger Donaldson |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson |
| 2018 | Adrift | Baltasar Kormákur |
| 2022 | The 355 | Simon Kinberg |
| 2022 | The King's Daughter | Sean McNamara |
| 2024 | Damsel | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Title | Award/Nomination |
| 1998 | Via Satellite | Nokia New Zealand Film & TV Award for Best Editing |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Satellite Award for Best Editing Nominated — Academy Award for Best Film Editing Nominated — ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominated — Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film Editing |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | AACTA Award for Best Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing BAFTA Award for Best Editing Hollywood Editor Award Satellite Award for Best Editing 2nd place — Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Editing 2nd place — SLFCA Award for Best Editing Nominated — ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated — Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing Nominated — Gold Derby Award for Best Film Editing Nominated — Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film Editing |