Billy Weber
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Billy Weber is an American film editor with more than twenty film credits dating from Days of Heaven (1978).
One of Weber's first editing roles was as associate editor (as William Weber) on Terrence Malick's first feature as a director, Badlands (1973). Badlands was edited by Robert Estrin; Weber edited Malick's next film Days of Heaven (1978). When Malick returned to film directing twenty years later with The Thin Red Line (1998); he once again hired Weber to edit it, along with Leslie Jones and Saar Klein. While Weber did not edit Malick's next film The New World, he was an associate producer on the project. Most recently, Weber was one of five collaborating editors on Malick's fifth feature, The Tree of Life (2011).
Beyond this notable collaboration with Malick, Weber has edited Beverly Hills Cop (directed by Martin Brest, 1984), Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986) and Midnight Run (Brest, 1988).
Weber was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for Top Gun; he was nominated again for an Academy Award, as well as for an ACE Eddie Award and the Satellite Award, for The Thin Red Line.
Weber has directed one movie, Josh and S.A.M. (1993), that was produced by Martin Brest.
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Billy Weber is an American film editor with more than twenty film credits dating from Days of Heaven (1978).
One of Weber's first editing roles was as associate editor (as William Weber) on Terrence Malick's first feature as a director, Badlands (1973). Badlands was edited by Robert Estrin; Weber edited Malick's next film Days of Heaven (1978). When Malick returned to film directing twenty years later with The Thin Red Line (1998); he once again hired Weber to edit it, along with Leslie Jones and Saar Klein. While Weber did not edit Malick's next film The New World, he was an associate producer on the project. Most recently, Weber was one of five collaborating editors on Malick's fifth feature, The Tree of Life (2011).
Beyond this notable collaboration with Malick, Weber has edited Beverly Hills Cop (directed by Martin Brest, 1984), Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986) and Midnight Run (Brest, 1988).
Weber was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for Top Gun; he was nominated again for an Academy Award, as well as for an ACE Eddie Award and the Satellite Award, for The Thin Red Line.
Weber has directed one movie, Josh and S.A.M. (1993), that was produced by Martin Brest.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Weber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
American Skin
The Predator
Rules Don't Apply
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
The Tree of Life
Soul Surfer
Passion Play
Remembering Messiah of Evil
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
The Love Guru
Barnyard
Nacho Libre
Gigli
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Showtime
Miss Congeniality
Shanghai Noon
The Thin Red Line
Bulworth
Murder at 1600
Grumpier Old Men
Josh and S.A.M.
Pure Luck
Days of Thunder
The Package
Midnight Run
Beverly Hills Cop II
Extreme Prejudice
Top Gun
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Beverly Hills Cop
Iceman
The House of God
48 Hrs.
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
The Warriors
Days of Heaven
Taxi Driver
Badlands
Messiah of Evil