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Picture Editor

Jon Gregory

Bio

THE ROAD represents editor Jon Gregory’s second feature film with director John Hillcoat, after editing the critically acclaimed THE PROPOSITION in 2005.

Over the years, the distinguished British film editor has collaborated extensively with renowned directors Mike Leigh and Mike Newell. For Leigh, Gregory cut SECRETS AND LIES, which went on to to sweep many of the world’s top awards – including the Palme d’Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, five Oscar nominations (including for Best Picture) and such year-end lists as the London Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics. Gregory was also the editor on Leigh’s NAKED, which won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes in 1993, as well as his films LIFE IS SWEET, HIGH HOPES, SHORT AND CURLIES and A SENSE OF HISTORY.

For Mike Newell, Gregory served as the editor on the critically acclaimed box-office hits, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and DONNIE BRASCO, as well the films PUSHING TIN and AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE. Among other significant honors, FOUR WEDDINGS received two Oscar® nominations, including for Best Picture.

Gregory was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards, for FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and the critically acclaimed television mini-series, TRAFFIK (also the winner of an International Emmy Award); the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for the Best Edited Episode from a television mini-series for A YEAR IN PROVENCE; and two nominations from the Australian Film Institute.

Picture Editor- Job Description

Arranges a series of visual and aural images into proper sequence and story form.