Mark Goldblatt is an American film editor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). He is a former President of the American Cinema Editors.
Life and career 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: Judgment Day (for which Goldblatt received an Oscar nomination), and True Lies. Lies led to collaborations with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, 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 Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2018, Goldblatt became an ACE Career Achievement Awards honoree.
Personal life He is the father of actor, director, and editor Max Goldblatt.
Filmography
Year Film Director Notes1976Eat My Dust!Charles B. GriffithProduction assistantHollywood BoulevardJoe DanteAllan Arkush1977Grand Theft AutoRon HowardAssociate editor1978PiranhaJoe DanteSaturn Award for Best Editing1979Spirit of the WindRalph Liddle1980Humanoids from the DeepBarbara Peeters1981Enter the NinjaMenahem GolanThe HowlingJoe DanteHalloween IIRick RosenthalJohn Carpenter1983Get CrazyAllan ArkushSupervising editorWavelengthMike Gray1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeMenahem GolanThe AmbassadorJ. Lee ThompsonThe TerminatorJames CameronEditor1985CommandoMark L. LesterRambo: First Blood Part IIGeorge P. Cosmatos1986Jumpin' Jack FlashPenny Marshall1987InnerspaceJoe DanteAdditional editorRoboCopPaul VerhoevenSecond unit director1988Dead HeatMark GoldblattDirector only1989The Punisher1990NightbreedClive BarkerPredator 2Stephen Hopkins1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayJames CameronNominated—Academy Award for Best Film EditingNominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – DramaticThe Last Boy ScoutTony Scott1992Universal SoldierRoland EmmerichEditorial consultant1993Super Mario Bros.Rocky MortonAnnabel JankelTombstoneGeorge P. CosmatosAdditional editorKevin Jarre1994True LiesJames CameronNominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic1995ShowgirlsPaul Verhoeven1996The RockMichael BayAdditional editor1997Starship TroopersPaul Verhoeven1998ArmageddonMichael Bay1999Detroit Rock CityAdam Rifkin2000Hollow ManPaul Verhoeven2001Pearl HarborMichael Bay2002Bad CompanyJoel Schumacher2003Bad Boys IIMichael Bay2004Exorcist: The BeginningRenny HarlinThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingWendy AppleSelf appearance only2005XXX: State of the UnionLee Tamahori2006X-Men: The Last StandBrett RatnerSatellite Award for Best Editing2009Case 39Christian AlvartG-ForceHoyt YeatmanCalvin MarshallGary LundgrenEditorial consultant2010The WolfmanJoe JohnstonUncreditedThe Twilight Saga: EclipseDavid SladeAdditional editor2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesRupert Wyatt2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersThor Freudenthal2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMike MitchellAdditional editorChappieNeill Blomkamp2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarCedric Nicolas-TroyanAdditional editor2018Death WishEli Roth
Awards and nominations Goldblatt is an Academy Award nominee for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a winner of Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Award for Piranha (1978) and a Satellite Award for X-Men: The Last Stand, and was twice nominated for ACE's Eddie Award for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies.
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External links
ACE- Members