Kent Beyda
Kent Beyda | |
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| Born | October 11, 1953 |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Kent Beyda(born October 11, 1953) is an Americanfilm editor.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Beyda worked as an assistant editor onJohn Cassavetes'Opening Night(1977),Allan Arkush'sRock 'n' Roll High School(1979), andJoe Dante'sThe Howling(1981). He then moved into editing on theJulie Corman-producedSaturday the 14th(1981). On that film Beyda met his wife Nancy who was at that time working as Corman's assistant. He went on to do a series of music videos forRod Stewart,Elvis Costello,Dokken,Bette MidlerandMick Jagger,Aldo Nova,Barbra Streisand,and Arkush's follow-up toRock 'n' Roll High SchoolcalledGet Crazy(1983). He then edited the mockumentaryThis Is Spinal Tap(1984).
Beyda's first film for a major studio wasFright Night(1985), a horror comedy forColumbia Pictures.Next he editedOut of Bounds(1986), directed by Richard Tuggle for Columbia. Beyda went on to editInnerspace(1987) produced bySteven Spielbergand directed by Joe Dante,X: The Unheard Music(1986), a documentary about the Los Angeles punk groupX,Alien Nation(1988),Fear(1990) starringAlly Sheedy,Spielberg and Dante'sGremlins 2: The New Batch(1990),True Identity(1991),Billy Crystal's directorial debutMr. Saturday Night(1992), Spielberg and Brian Levant'sThe Flintstones(1994), Crystal'sForget Paris(1995),Jingle All the Way(1996) with Arnold Schwarzenegger,The Out-of-Towners(1999) with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn,The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas(2000),Big Momma's House(2000),Scooby-Doo(2002),Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed(2004),S. Darko(2009),Jonah Hex(2010),Yogi Bear(2010), andParental Guidance(2012).
As a consultant, Beyda has participated in the filmsGeorge of the Jungle(1997),Dude, Where's My Car?(2000),Robots(2005),Idiocracy(2006),Fantastic Four(2005),Horton Hears a Who!(2008), andDespicable Me(2010). He has worked on location in New York, Paris, San Francisco, Atlanta, Vancouver, Australia, and New Zealand. He is a member ofAmerican Cinema Editorsand theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In September 2009, Beyda took part in "Editing for Animation", the second part of the Academy'sPerspectives in Editingseries. The event featured a panel of five current leading animation editors, Beyda, John Carnochan, Kevin Nolting, Nancy Frazen, and Lois Freeman-Fox.[2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title |
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| 1981 | Saturday the 14th |
| 1983 | Get Crazy |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap |
| 1985 | Fright Night |
| 1986 | X: The Unheard Music |
| Out of Bounds | |
| 1987 | Innerspace |
| 1988 | Alien Nation |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
| Fear | |
| 1991 | True Identity |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night |
| 1994 | The Flintstones |
| 1995 | Forget Paris |
| 1996 | Jingle All the Way |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas |
| Big Momma's House | |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo |
| 2004 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed |
| 2009 | S. Darko |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex |
| Yogi Bear | |
| 2012 | Parental Guidance |
| 2014 | 700 Sundays |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie |
| 2018 | Dear Dictator |
| 2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 |
| 2021 | Here Today |
References
[edit]- ^"Kent Beyda".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.2013. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-07.
- ^UTA Production roster
External links
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