Robert Leighton (film editor)

This article is about the English film editor. For other people with the same name, see Robert Leighton (disambiguation).

Robert Leighton is a British film and television editor with more than 30 feature film credits since 1980. He has edited nearly all of the films by film director Rob Reiner, commencing with This Is Spinal Tap in 1984. He has also edited three films with Christopher Guest. His work includes hit comedies and mockumentaries such as This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show and When Harry Met Sally... as well as classic dramas such as Stand by Me and the Stephen King thriller, Misery, which garnered actress Kathy Bates a "Best Actress" Oscar.^[1] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the feature film, A Few Good Men (1992).

Robert Leighton
Born	United Kingdom
Alma mater	London Film School
Occupation	film editor

Leighton is an alumnus of London Film School.

Filmography

Leighton's filmography is based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database.^[1]

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Ref.
1976	Gone with the Pope	Duke Mitchell		[2]
1978	Stunt Rock	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Credited as Robert H. Money
1981	Delusion	Alan Beattie
	Kill and Kill Again	Ivan Hall
1983	Wavelength	Mike Gray
1985	The Sure Thing	Rob Reiner	Second collaboration with Rob Reiner
1986	Stand by Me		Third collaboration with Rob Reiner
1987	The Princess Bride		Fourth collaboration with Rob Reiner
1988	Bull Durham	Ron Shelton	First collaboration with Ron Shelton
1989	When Harry Met Sally...	Rob Reiner	Fifth collaboration with Rob Reiner
	Blaze	Ron Shelton	Second collaboration with Ron Shelton
1990	Misery	Rob Reiner	Sixth collaboration with Rob Reiner	[3]
1991	Late for Dinner	W. D. Richter
1992	A Few Good Men	Rob Reiner	Seventh collaboration with Rob Reiner
1993	Life with Mikey	James Lapine
1994	North	Rob Reiner	Eighth collaboration with Rob Reiner
1995	The American President		Ninth collaboration with Rob Reiner
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi		Tenth collaboration with Rob Reiner
1998	Hush	Jonathan Darby
1999	The Story of Us	Rob Reiner	Eleventh collaboration with Rob Reiner
2000	Best in Show	Christopher Guest	First collaboration with Christopher Guest	[4]
2003	A Mighty Wind		Second collaboration with Christopher Guest
	Alex & Emma	Rob Reiner	Twelfth collaboration with Rob Reiner
2004	Shall We Dance?	Peter Chelsom
2005	Rumor Has It	Rob Reiner	Thirteenth collaboration with Rob Reiner
2006	For Your Consideration	Christopher Guest	Third collaboration with Christopher Guest
2007	The Bucket List	Rob Reiner	Fourteenth collaboration with Rob Reiner
2010	Flipped		Fifteenth collaboration with Rob Reiner
2012	People Like Us	Alex Kurtzman
2013	Now You See Me	Louis Leterrier
2014	Chef	Jon Favreau
2015	The Intern	Nancy Meyers
2017	A Dog's Purpose	Lasse Hallström

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1969	Mastermind	Alex March	Additional editor
1977	Fantastic Animation Festival	Dean A. Berko Christopher Padilla	Editor: Trailer
1982	Blood Tide	Richard Jefferies	Supervising editor
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Rob Reiner		First collaboration with Rob Reiner
1996	Courage Under Fire	Edward Zwick	Additional editor
2011	The Details	Jacob Aaron Estes	Consulting editor

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1992	We're Talking Serious Money	James Lemmo	Special thanks

Documentaries

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1979	80 Blocks from Tiffany's	Gary Weis	Sound effects editor

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1979	Best Horse	Stephen Gyllenhaal

TV movies

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1978	Things We Did Last Summer	Gary Weis	Sound editor

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
2013	Family Tree	4 episodes

Sound department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Lou Grant	Sound editor Sound effects editor	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

This list is based on the Internet Movie Database.^[5]

• 2001 - Best in Show - (Nominated) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Editing - Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
• 1993 - A Few Good Men - (Nominated) - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("Oscar") - Best Film Editing
• 1993 - A Few Good Men - (Nominated) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Film Editing

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

References

1. Robert Leighton at IMDb
2. Longworth, Karina (1 June 2010). "History According to Gone With the Pope". The Village Voice.
3. Hurbis-Cherrier, Mick (2007). Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production. Taylor & Francis. p. 404. ISBN 9780240807737.
4. Muir, John Kenneth (2004). Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 77. ISBN 9781557836090.
5. "Robert Leighton - Awards - IMDb".