
Mark Goldblatt
Editing
- Present
Mark Goldblatt is an Academy Award-nominated American film editor and film director and president emeritus of the American Cinema Editors.
Brooklyn-born Goldblatt studied at the University of Wisconsin and London Film School, where his instructors included Mike Leigh, Clive Donner, and Frank Clarke. Upon his return to the United States, Goldblatt observed Alfred Hitchcock on the set of one of his final films, Family Plot, and became a PA at Roger Corman's New World Pictures, where he worked with up-and-coming filmmakers including Joe Dante and Ron Howard. Corman's then-assistant, Gale Ann Hurd, connected Goldblatt with James Cameron, which led to their collaboration on mainstream hits including The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (for which Goldblatt received an Oscar nomination), and True Lies. Lies led to collaborations with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Bad Company, Bad Boys II) and Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Hollow Man, and Starship Troopers). Goldblatt's additional credits include Rambo: First Blood Part II, Commando, Predator 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Chappie, and Death Wish. He also directed The Punisher and Dead Heat.
Goldblatt describes the best part of being an editor as, "Being able to create something out of a given set of filmed material that seems to be greater than the sum of its parts. By this I mean subtext and grace and counterpoint of characters (and performances) that comes out of a dialectical montage."
He is a member and former vice president and president of the American Cinema Editors (or ACE Society) as well as a long-standing member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2018, Goldblatt became an ACE Career Achievement Awards honouree.
He is the father of actor, director, and editor Max Goldblatt.
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Credits

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The Terminator

Armageddon

Chappie

Bad Boys II

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Pearl Harbor

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Predator 2

Commando

Starship Troopers

True Lies

Showgirls

xXx: State of the Union

The Last Boy Scout

Case 39

Hollow Man

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Death Wish

The Wolfman

Piranha

Halloween II

Super Mario Bros.

G-Force

The Howling

Bad Company

Nightbreed

Exorcist: The Beginning

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Humanoids from the Deep

Detroit Rock City

The Ambassador

X-Men: The Last Stand

Enter the Ninja

Wavelength

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Spirit of the Wind