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Michael McCusker

Michael McCusker

Biography

Michael "Mike" McCusker (born June 23, 1966) is an American film editor. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005) and Ford v Ferrari (2019), winning the latter. McCusker frequently collaborates with director James Mangold. McCusker stated that editing is "a dance of the eyes. It's not just splicing two pieces of film together but compressing time, leading the audience, and telling the story through images and dialogue." Michael McCusker attended New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he first began writing and making films. After graduation, he attended Emerson College, obtaining a bachelor of fine arts degree in film theory and production in 1988. McCusker was mentored by film editor David Brenner. After graduating from Emerson, McCusker drove across the country to West Hollywood, California, where he obtained work as a production assistant. Mike McCusker later worked on the television series The Simpsons. He became interested in film editing and became an assistant editor on a Showtime anthology called Fallen Angels. After joining the Motion Picture Editors Guild, McCusker teamed up as an assistant film editor with one of Oliver Stone's bevy of hotshot film editors, Academy Award-winning film editor David Brenner. Mike McCusker quickly became David Brenner's first assistant film editor, running the cutting room for five years on films such as The Patriot (2000) and Kate & Leopold (2001). Eventually David Brenner promoted McCusker to the position of associate editor. When film director James Mangold asked editor David Brenner to cut Walk the Line, Brenner was unavailable. Mangold, in need of an editor with whom he was familiar, propositioned Mike McCusker, offering him the prestigious promotion to film editor. McCusker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Ford v Ferrari with Andrew Buckland. McCusker is married to film producer Deirdre Morrison, whom he met while he was an additional editor on the film The Day After Tomorrow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael McCusker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-06-23

Place of Birth

USA

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    Walk the Line

    Walk the Line

    20057.5 / 10

    3:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma

    20077.2 / 10

    Australia

    Australia

    20086.6 / 10

    Deadpool 2

    Deadpool 2

    20187.5 / 10

    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

    20167.3 / 10

    The Wolverine

    The Wolverine

    20136.4 / 10

    The Dark Tower

    The Dark Tower

    20175.8 / 10

    The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

    20046.5 / 10

    Kate & Leopold

    Kate & Leopold

    20016.3 / 10

    Sweet Girl

    Sweet Girl

    20216.6 / 10

    Walkout

    Walkout

    20065.5 / 10

    Knight and Day

    Knight and Day

    20106.2 / 10

    Get on Up

    Get on Up

    20146.8 / 10

    Hesher

    Hesher

    20106.8 / 10

    Logan

    Logan

    20177.8 / 10

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    20075.6 / 10

    The Girl on the Train

    The Girl on the Train

    20166.4 / 10

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    20236.6 / 10

    The Patriot

    The Patriot

    20007.2 / 10

    The Greatest Showman

    The Greatest Showman

    20177.9 / 10

    Ford v Ferrari

    Ford v Ferrari

    20198.0 / 10

    Unhinged

    Unhinged

    20206.4 / 10

    Captain America: The First Avenger

    Captain America: The First Avenger

    20117.0 / 10