Mark Goldblatt


Mark Goldblatt is an American film editor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Terminator 2: Judgement Day. He is a former President of the American Cinema Editors.

Life and career

-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: Judgment Day, and True Lies. Lies led to collaborations with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay and Paul Verhoeven. 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 that comes out of a dialectical montage."
He is a member and former vice president and president of the American Cinema Editors as well as a long-standing Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2018, Goldblatt became an ACE Career Achievement Awards honoree.

Personal life

He is the father of actor, director, and editor Max Goldblatt.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
1976Eat My Dust!Charles B. GriffithProduction assistant
1976Hollywood BoulevardJoe DanteProduction assistant
1976Hollywood BoulevardAllan ArkushProduction assistant
1977Grand Theft AutoRon HowardAssociate editor
1978PiranhaJoe DanteSaturn Award for Best Editing
1979Spirit of the WindRalph Liddle
1980Humanoids from the DeepBarbara Peeters
1981Enter the NinjaMenahem Golan
1981The HowlingJoe Dante
1981Halloween IIRick Rosenthal
1981Halloween IIJohn Carpenter
1983Get CrazyAllan ArkushSupervising editor
1983WavelengthMike Gray
1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeMenahem Golan
1984The AmbassadorJ. Lee Thompson
1984The TerminatorJames CameronEditor
1985CommandoMark L. Lester
1985Rambo: First Blood Part IIGeorge P. Cosmatos
1986Jumpin' Jack FlashPenny Marshall
1987InnerspaceJoe DanteAdditional editor
1987RoboCopPaul VerhoevenSecond unit director
1988Dead HeatMark GoldblattDirector only
1989The PunisherMark GoldblattDirector only
1990NightbreedClive Barker
1990Predator 2Stephen Hopkins
1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayJames CameronNominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
1991The Last Boy ScoutTony Scott
1992Universal SoldierRoland EmmerichEditorial consultant
1993Super Mario Bros.Rocky Morton
1993Super Mario Bros.Annabel Jankel
1993TombstoneGeorge P. CosmatosAdditional editor
1993TombstoneKevin JarreAdditional editor
1994True LiesJames CameronNominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
1995ShowgirlsPaul Verhoeven
1996The RockMichael BayAdditional editor
1997Starship TroopersPaul Verhoeven
1998ArmageddonMichael Bay
1999Detroit Rock CityAdam Rifkin
2000Hollow ManPaul Verhoeven
2001Pearl HarborMichael Bay
2002Bad CompanyJoel Schumacher
2003Bad Boys IIMichael Bay
2004Exorcist: The BeginningRenny Harlin
2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingWendy AppleSelf appearance only
2005XXX: State of the UnionLee Tamahori
2006X-Men: The Last StandBrett RatnerSatellite Award for Best Editing
2009Case 39Christian Alvart
2009G-ForceHoyt Yeatman
2009Calvin MarshallGary LundgrenEditorial consultant
2010The WolfmanJoe JohnstonUncredited
2010The Twilight Saga: EclipseDavid SladeAdditional editor
2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesRupert Wyatt
2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersThor Freudenthal
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMike MitchellAdditional editor
2015ChappieNeill Blomkamp
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarCedric Nicolas-TroyanAdditional editor
2018Death WishEli Roth

Awards and nominations

Goldblatt is an Academy Award nominee for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a winner of Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Award for Piranha and a Satellite Award for X-Men: The Last Stand, and was twice nominated for ACE's Eddie Award for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies.