# John F. Burnett

John Forbes Burnett (March 5, 1934 – October 24, 2024) was an American film editor.
Burnett died in Lincoln, California on October 24, 2024, at the age of 90.
At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.

## Filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1968 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Robert Ellis Miller | First collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Hy Averback | |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Herbert Ross | First collaboration with Herbert Ross |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Blake Edwards | Second collaboration with Blake Edwards |
| 1972 | The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Dick Richards | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Sydney Pollack | |
| 1974 | The Girl from Petrovka | Robert Ellis Miller | Second collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys | Herbert Ross | Second collaboration with Herbert Ross |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Robert Moore | |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Stanley Kramer | |
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Herbert Ross | Third collaboration with Herbert Ross |
| 1978 | Grease | Randal Kleiser | |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Norman Jewison | |
| 1980 | Can't Stop the Music | Nancy Walker | |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Peter Hunt | |
| 1981 | Rich and Famous | George Cukor | Second collaboration with George Cukor |
| 1982 | Grease 2 | Patricia Birch | |
| 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | Charles Shyer | |
| 1986 | A Fine Mess | Blake Edwards | Third collaboration with Blake Edwards |
| 1989 | Leviathan | George P. Cosmatos | |
| 1991 | Bed & Breakfast | Robert Ellis Miller | Third collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller |
| 1992 | Class Act | Randall Miller | |
| 1992 | Leap of Faith | Richard Pearce | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Billy Wilder | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Michael Curtiz | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1958 | Fort Dobbs | Gordon Douglas | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1959 | The FBI Story | Mervyn LeRoy | Assistant editor | Uncredited | First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy |
| 1960 | Cash McCall | Joseph Pevney | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1960 | Tall Story | Joshua Logan | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1962 | The Music Man | Morton DaCosta | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Mervyn LeRoy | Assistant editor | Uncredited | Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | George Cukor | Assistant editor | Uncredited | First collaboration with George Cukor |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Blake Edwards | Additional editor | Uncredited | First collaboration with Blake Edwards |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Mike Nichols | Assistant editor | Uncredited | |
| 1978 | Moment by Moment | Jane Wagner | Supervising film editor | | |
| 1983 | Staying Alive | Sylvester Stallone | Editor | | |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1997 | Traveller | Jack N. Green | Thanks |

### Documentaries

Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Jeffrey Schwarz | Special thanks |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1975 | Love Among the Ruins | George Cukor |
| 1975 | Promise Him Anything | Edward Parone |
| 1986 | Between Two Women | Jon Avnet |
| 1991 | Fourth Story | Ivan Passer |
| 1993 | Killer Rules | Robert Ellis Miller |
| 1994 | Pointman | Robert Ellis Miller |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1985 | Surviving | Waris Hussein | Supervising editor |
| 1991 | Not of This World | Jon Hess | Supervising editor |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1983 | The Winds of War | 7 episodes |
| 1988−89 | War and Remembrance | 12 episodes |
| 1996−97 | Baywatch Nights | 10 episodes |
Producer :
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
| 1995 | Pointman | Co-executive producerCo-producer | 21 episodes |
| 1995−97 | Baywatch Nights | Producer | 44 episodes |