Michael J. Horton

See also:Cinema of New Zealand

Michael J. Hortonis a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. He was nominated for anAcademy Awardfor the 2002 filmThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersthat was directed byPeter Jackson.

Michael Horton
Born	Lower Hutt,New Zealand
Occupation	Film editor

Horton was born inLower Hutt,Wellington,in New Zealand. He was educated at Saint Patricks College in Wellington. He began working as a film editor with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in the mid-sixties.He began working with the directorGeoff Murphyin the 1970s. In 1981, he editedGoodbye Pork Pie(1981) with Murphy, which was very successful commercially within New Zealand and thus an important impetus to the development ofNew Zealand Cinema.Horton worked with Murphy on two other successful projects in the mid-1980s before Murphy's departure for the United States. Following Murphy's return to New Zealand, Horton and Murphy reunited onSpooked(2004).

Selected filmography

• Dagg Day Afternoon(1977)
• Goodbye Pork Pie(1981)
• Smash Palace(1981)
• Utu(1983)
• The Quiet Earth(1985)
• Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale(1986)
• The End of the Golden Weather(1991)
• The Sound and the Silence(1992)
• Once Were Warriors(1994)
• Cinema of Unease(1995)
• Forgotten Silver(1995)
• What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?(1999)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)
• Spooked(2004)

External links

• Michael HortonatIMDb