Jamie Selkirk
Jamie Selkirk (born James William Arthur Selkirk, September 1947) is New Zealand film producer and editor who was originally a long time collaborator with fellow film producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh until the 2010s. He was an editor for their films Meet the Feebles (1989), Braindead (1992), Heavenly Creatures (1994), and The Frighteners (1996), before serving as a co-producer and Supervising Editor for The Lord of the Rings films (2001 - 2003) based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel. His fellow producers were Rick Porras, Barrie Osborne, and executive producer Mark Ordesky.
He won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and American Cinema Editors award for his work on The Return of the King (2003). He gives commentary on the editing process behind all three films in some of the Extended Edition documentaries directed by Michael Pellerin.
In 1993, Selkirk had co-founded Weta Digital, which became central to the creation of The Lord of the Rings films, with Jackson and Richard Taylor. As with Fran Walsh, screenwriter Philippa Boyens, designer Daniel Falconer, sculptor Brigitte Wuest, and many other crew members of the trilogy, Selkirk would work again with Jackson on King Kong (2005). It was Selkirk's last major involvement in cinema.
Documentary appearances[]
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > Post Production: Putting it All Together
- Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins > Editorial: Refining the Story
- Part Six: The Passing of an Age > Editorial: Completing the Trilogy and The End of all Things
