Eric Zumbrunnen
{{Short description|American film editor}}
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| name = Eric Zumbrunnen
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| birth_date = November 4, 1964
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|1|1964|11|4}}
| death_place = Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
| known_for = Collaboration with Spike Jonze
| spouse = Suzanne Marie Berry
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Eric James Zumbrunnen (November 4, 1964 – August 1, 2017) was a film editor who won the ACE Eddie Award for the film Being John Malkovich (1999).
Biography
Zumbrunnen graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in journalism.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/eric-zumbrunnen-dead-dies-film-editor-1202532075/ |title=Eric Zumbrunnen, Editor of 'Being John Malkovich,' Dies at 52 |first=Erin |last=Nyren |work=Variety |date=August 17, 2017}} From 1985 to 1987, Zumbrunnen was lead singer and guitarist in the Los Angeles proto-alt band, Holmes, alongside fellow singer and guitarist, Bart Lipton, keyboardist Kelly Bass, Bass player Robin Paulson and Drummer Paul Perme. Often referred to as "the 83rd hottest band in L.A.", Holmes was known mostly for its bizarre mashup hybrid tracks "Wagon Train to Hell" and "Ironsides".{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
Zumbrunnen was a member in the American Cinema Editors.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035827/http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html "American Cinema Editors > Members"], webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.
Zumbrunnen died from cancer on August 1, 2017.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/eric-zumbrunnen-dead-spike-jonzes-film-editor-being-john-malkovich-her-1202151536/ |title=Eric Zumbrunnen Dies: Spike Jonze's Go-To Film Editor Was 52 |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |date=August 17, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood }}
Collaboration with Spike Jonze
Zumbrunnen had a notable collaboration with the director Spike Jonze. He edited Jonze's early short films How They Get There (1997) and Amarillo by Morning (1998). Jonze directed Being John Malkovich; in addition to winning the ACE Eddie for Zumbrunnen, that film was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. Their next collaboration, Adaptation. (2002), was nominated both for an ACE Eddie Award and for a Satellite Award for Best Editing. For their last collaboration, Zumbrunnen, paired with editor Jeff Buchanan, was again nominated for the Eddie for Jonze's Her (2013).
Filmography
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| Film
! Year ! Notes |
|---|
| Gift
| 1993 |
| How They Get There
| 1997 | Short |
| Amarillo by Morning
| 1998 | Documentary short |
| Lick the Star
| 1998 | Short |
| Being John Malkovich
| 1999 |
| Adaptation.
| 2002 |
| Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002
| 2004 | Compilation film with multiple directors and three editors. Zumbrunnen edited the "Buddy Holly" section directed by Jonze. |
| Where the Wild Things Are
| 2009 | (with James Haygood) |
| I'm Here
| 2010 | (with Stephen Berger) |
| John Carter
| 2012 |
| Her
| 2013 | (with Jeff Buchanan) |
See also
References
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Further reading
- Lombard, Matthew (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135318/https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312a&L=mmc&D=0&P=1404&F=P "The edit, the shot, the imagination An interview with Eric Zumbrunnen"], Temple University webpage archived at Webcite from [https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312a&L=mmc&P=1404 this original URL] 2008-05-09.
- {{cite news |last=Zeitchik |first=Steven |title=Five days of 'Her': Editing Samantha in (and out) |date=December 30, 2013 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-spike-jonze-her-movie-samantha-editor-20131230,0,826752.story#axzz2q4DXGrEo}} Interview with Zumbrunnen about the editing of Her (2013).
External links
- {{Imdb name |0958641 }}
{{American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing}}
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Category:University of Southern California alumni
Category:American Cinema Editors
Category:American film editors
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