Craig Wood (film editor)

Craig Wood is an Australian film editor working in America.

Born in Sydney, Wood began his career at the age of 19 as an assistant editor in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary department before moving into music video and advertising work.

He has worked as an editor on almost all of director Gore Verbinski’s films, including the 1996 short film The Ritual, as well as on over a dozen Verbinski-directed commercials, including the Clio Awards and Silver Lion-winning Budweiser "Frogs" (1995).

Selected filmography

Music videos

Alphaville "Mysteries of Love" (1990) (directed by Alex Proyas)
The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" (1993) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)
Björk "Big Time Sensuality" (1993) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1993) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
UB40 "Bring Me Your Cup" (1993) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
Janet Jackson "Any Time, Any Place" (1994) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
Kylie Minogue "Put Yourself in My Place" (1994) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
Monster Magnet "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (1995) (directed by Gore Verbinski)
Kylie Minogue "Where Is the Feeling?" (1995) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
Tina Turner "Whatever You Want" (1996) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)
Janet Jackson "Twenty Foreplay" (1996) (directed by Keir McFarlane)
Garbage "Milk" (1996) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)
Fiona Apple "Sleep to Dream" (1997) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1989	Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds	Alex Proyas	—
1994	The Crow	Alex Proyas	Additional editor
1997	Mouse Hunt	Gore Verbinski	—
1999	Forces of Nature	Bronwen Hughes	—
2001	The Mexican	Gore Verbinski	—
2002	We Were Soldiers	Randall Wallace	Additional film editor
	Highway	James Cox	—
	The Ring	Gore Verbinski	—
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		Co-edited with Arthur Schmidt and Stephen Rivkin ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
2005	The Weather Man		—
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		Co-edited with Stephen Rivkin Nominated — Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
2008	Never Back Down	Jeff Wadlow	Additional editor
2008	The Burning Plain	Guillermo Arriaga	—
2009	The Road	John Hillcoat	Additional editor
2011	Rango	Gore Verbinski	ACE Eddie for Best Edited Animated Feature Film Annie Award for Best Editing in a Feature Production
2013	The Lone Ranger	Gore Verbinski	Co-edited with James Haygood
2014	Cut Bank	Matt Shakman	Co-edited with Carol Littleton (uncredited)
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	James Gunn	Co-edited with Fred Raskin and Hughes Winborne Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Editing Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Nominated — HPA Awards for Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
2015	Tomorrowland	Brad Bird	Co-edited with Walter Murch
2016	The Great Wall	Zhang Yimou	Co-edited with Mary Jo Markey
2016	A Cure for Wellness	Gore Verbinski	Additional editor
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	James Gunn	Co-edited with Fred Raskin
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Peyton Reed	Co-edited with Dan Lebental
2019	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Joachim Rønning	Co-edited with Laura Jennings
2021	Eternals	Chloé Zhao	Co-edited with Dylan Tichenor
2024	Kraven the Hunter	J.C. Chandor	—

References

https://archive.today/20130125153218/http://uk.hollywood.com/films/ring/microsite/crew.htm

External links

Craig Wood at IMDb

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