Timothy S. Squyres is an American film editor with about 30 film credits. Squyres has had an extended collaboration with the Taiwanese director Ang Lee. His latest collaboration with Jonathan Demme on the film A Master Builder opened in New York during June 2014 and was based on the 19th century play by Henrik Ibsen.
Life and career Squyres was born in Wenonah, New Jersey. He is the brother of Steve Squyres, a retired professor of astronomy at Cornell University and Chief Scientist at Blue Origin. Both brothers attended Cornell after attending Gateway Regional High School in New Jersey.Shyrock, Bob. "South Jersey native nominated for Oscar for 'Life of Pi'", South Jersey Times, January 12, 2013. Accessed October 24, 2015. "Former Wenonah resident Tim Squyres, who has edited 11 of director Ang Lee’s 12 films, has been nominated for an Oscar for his work on Lee’s acclaimed fantasy adventure Life of Pi.... Nominated for an Oscar previously for editing Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Squyres is a graduate of Gateway Regional High School and Cornell University whose parents reside in Wenonah. The father of two, Squyres now lives in Maplewood in Essex County."
Squyres has edited all of Ang Lee's films except for Brokeback Mountain, Squyres was unavailable for Brokeback Mountain due to a scheduling conflict with editing Syriana. including The Wedding Banquet (1993), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Ride with the Devil (1999), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), The Hire: Chosen (2001), Hulk (2003), Lust, Caution (2007), Taking Woodstock (2009), Life of Pi (2012), and Gemini Man (2019). Squyres served as editor of Angelina Jolie's adaptation of Unbroken, released on December 25, 2014.
Squyres' work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award, among other awards. His work on Gosford Park (directed by Robert Altman – 2001) was also nominated for an Eddie. In 2012, he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Life of Pi.
Squyres has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors."American Cinema Editors – Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
Squyres is a resident of Maplewood, New Jersey.
Filmography Year Title Notes 1991 Blowback Trump: What's the Deal? Pushing Hands 1993 The Wedding Banquet 1994 Eat Drink Man Woman Scenes from the New World 1995 ABC Weekend Special 1 episode Sense and Sensibility 1997 The Ice Storm Remember WENN 1 episode 1998 Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home Miniseries Lulu on the Bridge 1999 Ride with the Devil Now and Again 1 episode 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 Chosen Short film Gosford Park 2003 Hulk 2004 Going Upriver 2005 Medium Syriana 2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost Lust, Caution 2008 Rachel Getting Married 2009 Taking Woodstock Nurse Jackie 1 episode 2010 The Wonderful Maladys Television film 2012 Life of Pi 2013 The Armstrong Lie A Master Builder 2014 Winter's Tale Unbroken 2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Gemini Man 2021 This Body is So Impermanent 2022 Deep Water The Mission Short film 2026 Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice TBA Gold Mountain
See also List of film director and editor collaborations
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