Mark Goldblatt

Known For:Editing

Biography

Mark Goldblatt is an Academy Award-nominated American film editor and film director and president emeritus of the American Cinema Editors.

Brooklyn-born Goldblatt studied at the University of Wisconsin and London Film School, where his instructors included Mike Leigh, Clive Donner, and Frank Clarke. Upon his return to the United States, Goldblatt observed Alfred Hitchcock on the set of one of his final films, Family Plot, and became a PA at Roger Corman's New World Pictures, where he worked with up-and-coming filmmakers including Joe Dante and Ron Howard. Corman's then-assistant, Gale Ann Hurd, connected Goldblatt with James Cameron, which led to their collaboration on mainstream hits including The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (for which Goldblatt received an Oscar nomination), and True Lies. Lies led to collaborations with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Bad Company, Bad Boys II) and Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Hollow Man, and Starship Troopers). Goldblatt's additional credits include Rambo: First Blood Part II, Commando, Predator 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Chappie, and Death Wish. He also directed The Punisher and Dead Heat.

Goldblatt describes the best part of being an editor as, "Being able to create something out of a given set of filmed material that seems to be greater than the sum of its parts. By this I mean subtext and grace and counterpoint of characters (and performances) that comes out of a dialectical montage."

He is a member and former vice president and president of the American Cinema Editors (or ACE Society) as well as a long-standing member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2018, Goldblatt became an ACE Career Achievement Awards honouree.

He is the father of actor, director, and editor Max Goldblatt.

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Filmography

Acting

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Self - Editor

2014

Production

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Editor

1991

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The Terminator

Editor

1984

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Case 39

Editor

2009

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Additional Editor

2010

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Chappie

Editor

2015

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Editor

2011

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Pearl Harbor

Editor

2001

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Armageddon

Editor

1998

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Predator 2

Editor

1990

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Rambo: First Blood Part II

Editor

1985

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Bad Boys II

Editor

2003

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RoboCop

Second Unit Director

1987

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True Lies

Editor

1994

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Showgirls

Editor

1995

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Commando

Editor

1985

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Starship Troopers

Editor

1997

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The Huntsman: Winter's War

Additional Editor

2016

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Hollow Man

Editor

2000

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The Last Boy Scout

Editor

1991

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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Editor

2013

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Death Wish

Editor

2018

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xXx: State of the Union

Editor

2005

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Halloween II

Editor

1981

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The Wolfman

Editor

2010

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Piranha

Editor

1978

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G-Force

Editor

2009

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Super Mario Bros.

Editor

1993

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Innerspace

Additional Editor

1987

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Exorcist: The Beginning

Editor

2004

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The Punisher

Director

1989

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The Howling

Editor

1981

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Detroit Rock City

Editor

1999

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Bad Company

Editor

2002

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Nightbreed

Editor

1990

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Humanoids from the Deep

Editor

1980

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X-Men: The Last Stand

Editor

2006