American film editor (born 1966)
Michael McCusker
Born (1966-06-23 ) June 23, 1966 (age 58) Occupation Film editor
Michael "Mike" McCusker (born June 23, 1966) is an American film editor . He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing , for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005) and Ford v Ferrari (2019), winning the latter. McCusker frequently collaborates with director James Mangold .[ 1]
McCusker stated that editing is "a dance of the eyes. It's not just splicing two pieces of film together but compressing time, leading the audience, telling the story through images and dialogue."[ 2]
Early life and education
Michael McCusker attended New Canaan High School in New Canaan , Connecticut , where he first began writing and making films. After graduation, he attended Emerson College , obtaining a bachelor of fine arts degree in film theory and production in 1988.[ 3]
Career
McCusker was mentored by film editor David Brenner .[ 4]
After graduating from Emerson, McCusker drove across country to West Hollywood, California , where he obtained work as a production assistant. Mike McCusker later worked on the television series, The Simpsons . He became interested in film editing and became an assistant editor on a Showtime anthology called Fallen Angels .
After joining the Motion Picture Editors Guild , McCusker teamed up as an assistant film editor to one of Oliver Stone 's bevy of hot shot film editors , Academy Award -winning film editor David Brenner . Mike McCusker quickly became David Brenner's first assistant film editor, running the cutting room for five years on films such as The Patriot (2000) and Kate & Leopold (2001). Eventually David Brenner promoted McCusker to the position of associate editor.
When film director James Mangold asked editor David Brenner to cut Walk the Line , Brenner was unavailable. Mangold, in need of an editor with whom he was familiar, propositioned Mike McCusker, offering him the prestigious promotion to film editor . McCusker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Ford v Ferrari with Andrew Buckland .[ 5]
Personal life
McCusker is married to film producer Deirdre Morrison, whom he met while he was additional editor on the film The Day After Tomorrow .
Filmography
As Film Editor
As Assistant Film Editor
Awards and nominations
See also
References
External links
Awards for Michael McCusker
1934–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
Best Film Editing became Best Editing in 1999
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