Bob Murawski(born June 14, 1964) is an Americanfilm editor.He was awarded the 2010Academy Award for Best Film Editingfor his work onThe Hurt Locker,which he shared with his wife, fellow editorChris Innis.He often works withfilm directorSam Raimi,having edited theSpider-Mantrilogy,Oz the Great and Powerful,andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[1]Murawski is an elected member of theAmerican Cinema Editors,[2]and is (withSage Stallone) the co-founder ofGrindhouse Releasing,an acclaimed film distribution company specializing in re-releases ofcult films.
Bob Murawski | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Lee Murawski June 14, 1964 |
| Other names | Dutch Murawski |
| Occupation(s) | Film editor,distributor |
| Spouse | Christina "Chris" Innis(2008–present) |
Early life
editMurawski was born inBad Axe,Michigan,and grew up in the thumb of the state. He was thevaledictorianat his high school inBad Axe, Michigan,and graduated fromMichigan State Universitywith a major in Telecommunications.
Career
editSoon after graduation, he interned with Detroit-based film sub-distributor, Bob Mason of Mason Releasing. Murawski then moved to Hollywood, where he worked as an assistant editor on several films, includingRaimi's comic-book-inspired pictureDarkman.[1]
Film editing
editMurawski has largely worked as a film editor, primarily for director/producerSam Raimi,on films includingArmy of Darkness,The Gift,Drag Me to Helland theSpider-Manseries of films. He also co-edited the Academy Award winning film,The Hurt Lockerwith editor Chris Innis.[1]Raimi has said of working with Murawski
He’d come (down to the set) to see how things were going and to let me know if he’d just cut something that wasn’t working the way he’d wanted it to, or to suggest a pick-up shot I should get for a piece he felt we needed in a sequence I hadn’t realized I needed. He’s very detail-oriented... So we’re very close collaborators.
Raimi finds editing with Murawski to be "rela xing", adding
I love it... I can watch the film come together, so it’s a time of discovery for me as Bob and I fit all the pieces together.[3]
Murawski has also cut music videos for such groups asThe Ramones,Motörhead,andSublime.[1]Bob Murawski appears in the documentary78/52,directed byAlexandre O. Philippe,a post-modern breakdown of the iconic shower scene inAlfred Hitchcock'sPsycho.[4]He is represented byInternational Creative Management(ICM).[1]
Film distribution
editIn 1995, born out of a mutual love for rare and unseen cult films, Bob Murawski and actor/director and son ofSylvester Stallone,Sage Stalloneformed Grindhouse Releasing.[5]Murawski continues to run Grindhouse and partner Box Office Spectaculars, both companies that restore, preserve, and distribute classic cult and Euro-horror films. The two labels have digitally remastered classic cult films such asThe SwimmerstarringBurt Lancaster,The Big GundownstarringLee Van CleefandTomas Milian,Lucio Fulci's spaghetti-horror masterpiece,E tu vivrai nel terrore(a.k.a.The Beyond) as well as Italian cannibal filmsMake Them Die Slowly(a.k.a.Cannibal Ferox),Cannibal Holocaust,American cult filmI Drink Your Blood(1970) (directed byDavid E. Durston), and directorJuan Piquer Simón's cult horror film,Pieces.The company is currently presenting the release ofAn American Hippie in Israel(on Blu-ray/DVD) andDuke Mitchell's previously unreleased independent feature,Gone with the Pope(screening theatrically).[1]Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse has also handled the theatrical re-release and negative restoration of directorSam Raimi's cult horror film,The Evil Deadas well as helming the digital restorations (in association withColumbia Pictures/Sony) of the rare spaghetti westernThe Big GundownandThe Swimmerdirected byFrank Perry.[6][7]
Personal life
editMurawski is married to film editorChristina "Chris" Innis.The two editors met while working together on the Universal/CBS television seriesAmerican Gothicand married in 2008.[8]The pair has worked together on the Academy Award winning filmThe Hurt Locker,and on severalSam Raimiproductions such asThe Gift,andSpider-Man,as well as collaborating on Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars releases.[1]
Selected filmography
editFilm editing
edit- Darkman(1990) (assistant editor, directorSam Raimi)
- Army of Darkness(1992) (director Sam Raimi)
- Hard Target(1993) (directorJohn Woo)
- American Gothic(1995–1996) TV series (Editor: Title sequence & Recaps)
- Uncle Sam(1996) (directorWilliam Lustig)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999) (directorScott Spiegel)
- The Gift(2000) (edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi)
- Spider-Man(2002) (edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi)
- Spider-Man 2(2004) (director Sam Raimi)
- Spider-Man 3(2007) (director Sam Raimi)
- The Hurt Locker(2008) (edited with Chris Innis, director Kathryn Bigelow)
- Drag Me to Hell(2009) (director Sam Raimi)
- The Resident(2010) (editor/re-cut, director Antti Jokinen)
- Priest(2011) (editor/re-cut)
- Oz the Great and Powerful(2013) (director Sam Raimi)
- Dracula Untold(2014) (editor/re-cut) (director Gary Shore)
- Poltergeist(2015) (editor/re-cut) (director Gil Keenan)
- Ash vs Evil Dead(2015, TV pilot) (editor) (director Sam Raimi)
- Kong: Skull Island(2017) (Additional Editing) (directorJordan Vogt-Roberts)
- The Other Side of the Wind(2018) (directorOrson Welles)[9]
- Lake of Death(2019) (director Nini Bull Robsahm)
- Hopper / Welles(2020) (director Orson Welles)[10]
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022) (director Sam Raimi)[11]
- The First Omen(2024) (edited with Amy E. Duddleston, director Arkasha Stevenson)
Film distributor
edit- Cannibal Ferox(a.k.a.Make them Die Slowly) - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released LD: 1997; VHS: 1999: DVD: July 2000, Blu-ray: 2015
- Cat in the Brain(a.k.a.Nightmare Concert,Un gatto nel cervello) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released LD: 1998, DVD: 2009
- The Beyond(a.k.a.Seven Doors of Death,E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà) - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: October 2000, re-released 2008, Blu-ray: 2015
- I Drink Your Blood(a.k.a.Hydro-Phobia) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: 2002; re-released 2006
- Cannibal Holocaust- (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: 2005, re-released 2008, Blu-ray: 2014
- Pieces(a.k.a.Mil gritos tiene la noche) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: October 2008
- Gone with the Pope(a.k.a.Kiss the Ring) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing) - released 2010 (theatrical), 2015 (Blu-ray/DVD combo)
- An American Hippie in Israel(a.k.a.Ha-Trempist,The Hitch Hiker) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing) (Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013)
- Corruption- (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013)
- The Big Gundown(a.k.a.La resa dei conti) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013)
- The Swimmer- (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-ray/DVD release, 2014)
- Massacre Mafia Style- (Box Office Spectaculars) Blu-ray/DVD release 2015
Awards and nominations
edit- The Swimmer- (Won) -The 2014 International Press Academy's Satellite Award
-Outstanding Overall Blu-ray/DVD (producer /Grindhouse Releasing)[12] - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( "Oscar" )
Best Film Editing[13](shared with co-editorChris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -2010 BAFTA - Best Film Editing[14]
(shared with co-editorChris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -2010 ACE Eddie Award - Best Feature Film Editing (Dramatic)[15]
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -The International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award-
Best Film Editing[16][17]- (shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -The Online Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing[18]
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -Boston Society of Film Critics-Best Film Editing[19]
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -The Las Vegas Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing[20]
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Won) -International Cinephile Society award - Best Editing
(shared with co-editor Chris Innis)[21] - The Hurt Locker- (Nominated) -The Broadcast Film Critics Association
Critic's Choice Awards - Best Film Editing[22](shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - The Hurt Locker- (Nominated) -Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film[23][24](shared with co-editor Chris Innis) - Spider-Man 2(Nominated) -2004 Golden Satellite Awards,Satellite Award for Best Editing
- Spider-Man 2-American Film Institute Awards 2004,official selection forAFItop ten movies of the year.[25]
- The Other Side of the Wind- National Board of Review― William K. Everson Award for Film History (shared with producers)[26]
- The Other Side of the Wind- National Society of Film Critics― Film Heritage Award (shared with producers)[27]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Won) -National Association of Film Critics― Best editing award (shared with Orson Welles)[28]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Won) -San Francisco Film Critics Circle― Best editing award (shared with Welles)[28]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Won) -Los Angeles Film Critics Association― Special citation (shared with producers)[28]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Runner-up) -Boston Society of Film Critics― Best editing award (with Welles)[28]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Runner-up)- International Cinephile Society― Best editing award (with Welles)[28]
- The Other Side of the Wind- (Nominated)- Chicago Film Critics Association― Best editing award (with Welles)[28]
- First recipient of theCampari Passion for Film Award(2018), 75th Venice International Film Festival.[29]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abcdefgBob MurawskiatIMDb
- ^American Cinema Editors - Official web siteArchived2008-02-18 at theWayback Machine
- ^"DIRECTor's CHAIR: SAM RAIMI - 'DRAG ME TO HELL' | Articles | Post Magazine".Archived fromthe originalon August 2, 2009.RetrievedJuly 9,2013.- Post Magazine "Director's Chair: Sam Raimi - Drag Me to Hell" by Ian Blair, July 1, 2009
- ^IMDB - 78/52
- ^[1]Interview with exploitation film distributor Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing
- ^The Evil Dead Returns To The Big Screen!
- ^Original EVIL DEAD roaring back to the big screenArchivedOctober 30, 2009, at theWayback Machine
- ^Horror at the Oscars 3: The Spawning
- ^McNary, Dave (November 8, 2017)."Orson Welles' Final Film 'Other Side of the Wind' Nears Completion, Hires Post-Production Team (EXCLUSIVE)".Variety.RetrievedNovember 8,2017.
- ^"Dennis Hopper, Orson Welles movie to debut at Venice film festival".Wellesnet | Orson Welles Web Resource.July 28, 2020.RetrievedJuly 28,2020.
- ^"Still Watching: Loki: Still Watching: Loki - Preview with Michael Waldron on Apple Podcasts".Apple Podcasts.RetrievedJune 11,2021.
- ^[2]International Press Academy 2014 Satellite Awards Nominations
- ^"The 82nd Academy Awards | 2010".
- ^"2010 Film Awards - Film - Awards - the BAFTA site".Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 31,2010.
- ^Hurt Locker, Avatar, District 9 among ACE nominees
- ^"Indie Heavy Golden Satellite Nods", Indewire, by Peter Knegt, November 29, 2009ArchivedFebruary 7, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^Brevet, Brad (December 21, 2009)."'Hurt Locker' Leads Pack with Four Wins at 2009 Satellite Awards".Ropeofsilicon.Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^"Hurt Locker, Basterds win Online Film Critics Awards".January 6, 2010.
- ^Variety "'Hurt Locker' tops with Boston critics: Pic takes four other kudos as journos hand out honors" by Daniel Kimmel, December 13, 2009
- ^Davis, Don (December 16, 2009)."'Hurt Locker' wins big with Vegas critics".Variety.Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^Indiewire "Serious Man, Firth, Swinton Among Cinephile Society Winners" by Peter Knegt, February 17, 2010
- ^Variety "BFCA announces its nominees" by Stuart Levine, December 14, 2009
- ^Post Production Buyers Guide, Hollywood Post Alliance, "Hollywood Post Alliance Announce 2009 Award Nominees", October 1, 2009ArchivedJuly 15, 2011, at theWayback Machine
- ^Variety "Nominees announced for post awards" by David S. Cohen, October 1, 2009
- ^"AFI AWARDS 2004: Movies of the Year".afi.Archived fromthe originalon May 27, 2005.
- ^"William K. Everson Award for Film History Archives".National Board of Review.RetrievedSeptember 3,2019.
- ^"National Society of Film Critics honors 'The Other Side of the Wind'".Wellesnet | Orson Welles Web Resource.January 6, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 3,2019.
- ^abcdef"'The Other Side of the Wind' racks up Best of 2018 honors ".December 17, 2018.
- ^"Biennale Cinema 2018 | Bob Murawski to receive the new Campari Passion for Film award".La Biennale di Venezia.August 10, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 3,2019.