Lee Smith (editor)

Lee Smith is an ACE-certified film editor. He first started out his career as a sound editor/sound designer for films such as "Dead Calm" (1989), "The Piano" (1993) (for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Sound"), The Portrait of a Lady" (1996) and "Holy Smoke" (1999). Smith was also editing films during this interval; he was one of the editors for "Robocop 2" (1990). He began his work with the director Peter Weir as the sound editor for "Green Card" (1990). His work with Weir continued as editor and sound designer for "Fearless" (1993) and for "The Truman Show" (1998). He edited Weir's "" (2003), for which Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing and for the "Eddie Award" of the American Cinema Editors.

Filmography

Film editor

The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
*"RoboCop 2" (Irvin Kershner-1990)
*"Fearless" (Peter Weir-1993)
*"The Truman Show" (Peter Weir-1998)
*"Two Hands" (Gregor Jordan-1999)
*"Risk" (2000)
*"Buffalo Soldiers" (Gregor Jordan-2001)
*"Black and White" (Craig Lahiff-2002)
*"The Rage in Placid Lake" (2003)
*"" (Peter Weir-2003)
*"Batman Begins" (Christopher Nolan-2005)
*"The Prestige" (Christopher Nolan-2006)
*"The Dark Knight" (Christopher Nolan-2008)

ound designer or editor

*"Green Card" (1990)
*"Fearless" (1993)
*"The Piano" (1993)
*"The Portrait of a Lady" (1996)
*"The Truman Show" (1998)

External links

*imdb name|id=0809059|name=Lee Smith
*Hollyn, Norman (2003). [http://www.webcitation.org/5XySMHSJ8 "Lee Smith on "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"] , "The Editors Guild Magazine Vol. 24", No. 6 - November/December 2003. Online version archived at WebCite from [http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/Newsletter/NovDec03/novdec03_master_commander.html this original URL] on 2008-05-21.