John Wright

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Deathday

2023-04-20

Place of Birth

-

John Wright

Biography

John Wright (1943/1944–April 20, 2023) was an ACE-certified film editor. Wright received two Academy Award nominations for his work on The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Speed (1994). He worked twice with director Mel Gibson, editing The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Apocalypto (2006). Wright died after battling prostate and bone cancer on April 20, 2023, at the age of 79. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Production

1989

2006

Apocalypto

as Editor

1994

Speed

as Editor

2008

1987

1982

Frances

as Editor

2002

Rollerball

as Editor

1996

Broken Arrow

as Editor

1998

Deep Rising

as Editor

2006

Glory Road

as Editor

1978

Convoy

as Editor

1993

1989

1984

Heartsounds

as Editor

1991

1980

1981

Saturday the 14th

as Set Decoration

2000

X-Men

as Editor

2014

1999

1989

Sea of Love

as Additional Editing

1979

1979

1978

2010

Secretariat

as Editor

1976

Dogs

as Editor

1979

1981

Separate Ways

as Editor

1976

The Bad News Bears

as Assistant Editor

1981

1984

Mass Appeal

as Editor

1976

Acapulco Gold

as Editor

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