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Jabez Olssen

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Jabez Olssen (born 5 August 1975) is a New Zealand film and television editor who has worked extensively with director Peter Jackson.  Starting in 1998, Olssen worked in the editorial department of two television programs in New Zealand. He was then hired to work with principal editor Michael J. Horton on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (directed by Peter Jackson – 2002). Olssen was ultimately credited as an "additional editor" on this film. The two editors won the Online Film Critics Society Award and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for this film.  Olssen said of his work, "Anyway, if I never get to edit anything ever again, I can still say that I've edited scenes with Gollum in them and I've edited scenes with Darth Vader in them so, I'm good."  He won an Emmy in the 2022 award ceremony for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program for his work on The Beatles: Get Back.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Jabez Olssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Additional Editing:
2005  King Kong

Additional Editor:
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2005  King Kong
2011  The Adventures of Tintin

Assistant Editor:
2001  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2005  King Kong
2011  The Adventures of Tintin

Editor:
2001  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2005  King Kong
2005  The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2007  Fog
2008  Crossing the Line
2008  RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2009  The Lovely Bones
2011  The Adventures of Tintin
2012  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2013  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2014  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2016  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2018  They Shall Not Grow Old
2025  Jurassic World Rebirth

Visual Effects Editor:
2001  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2004  Wimbledon
2005  King Kong
2005  The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2007  Fog
2008  Crossing the Line
2008  RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2009  The Lovely Bones
2011  The Adventures of Tintin
2012  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2013  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2014  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2016  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2018  They Shall Not Grow Old
2025  Jurassic World Rebirth

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TV Production

Assistant Editor:
2000  Jack of All Trades

Associate Producer:
2000  Jack of All Trades
2021  The Beatles: Get Back

Editor:
2000  Jack of All Trades
2021  The Beatles: Get Back

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