Pietro Scalia

Italian film editor

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Pietro Scalia

Born|  (1960-03-17) March 17, 1960 (age 64)

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Education| University of California, Los Angeles (MFA)

Pietro Scalia (born March 17, 1960) is an Italian film editor. He won Best Film Editing at the 64th Academy Awards for his work on the film JFK, sharing the award with Joe Hutshing, and at the 74th Academy Awards for Black Hawk Down.

## Life and career[edit]

He was born in Catania, Sicily,[1] and later emigrated to Aarau, Switzerland as a child with his parents.[2] There, he attended Swiss-German schools until high school. After graduation, he decided to move to the United States to pursue his college education. He spent two years at the University at Albany, The State University of New York, after which he was accepted as an undergraduate at UCLA. The Swiss government's scholarship helped him through five years of UCLA and in 1985 he earned his Master of Fine Arts from the UCLA Film School.[3]

After his MFA, a couple of short films, a screenplay, two video documentaries, and a 16 mm thesis film, he returned to Europe to pursue his desire to become a film director. Shortly afterwards, he returned to United States on a work visa to pursue his career in Hollywood as a film editor. He began as an editor on Andrei Konchalovsky's Shy People. Later, he received an assistant editor position working with Oliver Stone. However, it was not easy to get the job. Scalia admired Oliver Stone's work, especially Salvador, so he decided he wanted to work with that director. He got a contact through the sister of one of the assistant editors. Scalia worked on such films as Wall Street (1987) and Talk Radio (1988). He later continued as an associate editor on Born on the Fourth of July and as an additional editor on The Doors.

After five years of working with Oliver Stone, Scalia was finally asked to fully edit a film. It was JFK, for which Scalia and his co-editor, Joe Hutshing, were honored with an Academy Award for Film Editing. Craig McKay was nominated the same year for editing The Silence of the Lambs. Scalia edited a sequel to the movie, Hannibal ten years later. He also received a BAFTA Award and A.C.E. Award for his work.[4]

Pietro Scalia worked with Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddha (1993) and Stealing Beauty (1996),[5] as well as with Sam Raimi on The Quick and the Dead (1995). He earned two more Academy Award nominations: first in 1997 for Good Will Hunting and second in 2000 for Gladiator,[6] and a second Academy Award for director Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down.[7] He also edited G.I. Jane and a pilot episode of a TV series American Gothic in late 1990s.

In the recent years, Scalia edited such movies as Levity (2003) directed by Ed Solomon, a documentary entitled Ashes and Snow, The Great Raid directed by John Dahl, and Memoirs of a Geisha, one of the most publicized movies of 2005, directed by Rob Marshall. Scalia also worked on Hannibal Rising, a movie that tells a story of a teenaged Hannibal and his young sister Mischa Lecter after their parents are killed in World War II. It was directed by Peter Webber and released in 2007. He has a long lasting relationship with Ridley Scott working on movies such as American Gangster in 2007, Body of Lies in 2008 and Robin Hood in 2010. Most recently he worked with director Ridley Scott on The Martian, released in October 2015. In May 2017, Scalia replaced editor Chris Dickens on the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018.[8]

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Teresa Sparks and two children, Julian and Maia Scalia.

## Filmography[edit]

Editor  Year  | Film  | Director  | Notes

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1990  | Megaville | Peter Lehner  |
1991  | JFK | Oliver Stone | Fifth collaboration with Oliver Stone
1992  | Jackpot | Mario Orfini  |
1993  | Little Buddha | Bernardo Bertolucci | First collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci
1995  | The Quick and the Dead | Sam Raimi |
1996  | Stealing Beauty | Bernardo Bertolucci  | Second collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci
1997  | G.I. Jane | Ridley Scott | First collaboration with Ridley Scott
Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | First collaboration with Gus Van Sant
1998  | The Big Hit | Che-Kirk Wong |
Playing by Heart | Willard Carroll |
2000  | Gladiator | Ridley Scott  | Second collaboration with Ridley Scott
2001  | Hannibal | Third collaboration with Ridley Scott
Black Hawk Down | Fourth collaboration with Ridley Scott
2003  | Levity | Ed Solomon |
Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles |
2005  | The Great Raid | John Dahl |
Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall |
2007  | Hannibal Rising | Peter Webber |
American Gangster | Ridley Scott  | Fifth collaboration with Ridley Scott
2008  | Body of Lies | Sixth collaboration with Ridley Scott
2010  | Kick-Ass | Matthew Vaughn |
Robin Hood | Ridley Scott  | Seventh collaboration with Ridley Scott
2012  | Prometheus | Eighth collaboration with Ridley Scott
The Amazing Spider-Man | Marc Webb | First collaboration with Marc Webb
2013  | The Counselor | Ridley Scott  | Ninth collaboration with Ridley Scott
2014  | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Marc Webb  | Second collaboration with Marc Webb
2015  | Child 44 | Daniel Espinosa | First collaboration with Daniel Espinosa
The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant  | Third collaboration with Gus Van Sant
The Martian | Ridley Scott  | Tenth collaboration with Ridley Scott
2016  | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | First collaboration with Michael Bay
2017  | Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott  | Eleventh collaboration with Ridley Scott
2018  | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard |
2022  | Ambulance | Michael Bay  | Second collaboration with Michael Bay
Morbius | Daniel Espinosa  | Second collaboration with Daniel Espinosa
The Gray Man | Russo brothers |
2023  | Ferrari | Michael Mann |
Editorial department  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role  | Notes

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1987  | Shy People | Andrei Konchalovsky | First assistant editor  |
Wall Street | Oliver Stone  | Assistant editor  | First collaboration with Oliver Stone
1988  | Cameron's Closet | Armand Mastroianni |
Haunted Summer | Ivan Passer |
Talk Radio | Oliver Stone  | Second collaboration with Oliver Stone
1989  | Born on the Fourth of July | Associate editor  | Third collaboration with Oliver Stone
1991  | The Doors | Additional editor  | Fourth collaboration with Oliver Stone
1995  | White Man's Burden | Desmond Nakano | Consulting editor  |
Actor  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role

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2004  | Incident at Loch Ness | Zak Penn | Party Guest
Camera and electrical department  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role

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1985  | Over the Summer | Teresa Sparks  | Assistant cameraman
Music department  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role  | Notes

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2001  | Hannibal | Ridley Scott  | Music producer  |

Uncredited

2013  | The Counselor | Music supervisor  |
Producer  Year  | Film  | Director  | Credit

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2003  | Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles  | Executive producer
2015  | The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant  | Co-producer
2022  | Morbius | Daniel Espinosa  | Associate producer
Sound department  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role

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1985  | Over the Summer | Teresa Sparks  | Sound editor
Thanks  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role  | Notes

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2005  | The Matador | Richard Shepard | The producers would like to thank  |
2007  | Battle in Seattle | Stuart Townsend |
2008  | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rob Cohen | Special thanks  |
2010  | Repo Men | Miguel Sapochnik | First collaboration with Miguel Sapochnik
2011  | The Adjustment Bureau | George Nolfi | Thanks  |
2012  | Quartet | Dustin Hoffman | With thanks to  |
Promised Land | Gus Van Sant  | Special thanks  | Second collaboration with Gus Van Sant
2013  | Elysium | Neill Blomkamp | Thanks  |
2016  | Grimsby | Louis Leterrier | Special thanks  |
Gold | Stephen Gaghan |
2021  | Firebird | Peeter Rebane |
Finch | Miguel Sapochnik  | The filmmakers gratefully thank  | Second collaboration with Miguel Sapochnik

Documentaries
Editor  Year  | Film  | Director

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2005  | Ashes and Snow | Gregory Colbert
2007  | The 11th Hour |

* Leila Conners
* Nadia Conners

2009  | 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy | Robert Lemelson
Editorial department  Year  | Film  | Role

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2007  | Breaking the Ice | Supervising editor
Thanks  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role

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2010  | Stairway from Hell | Christian Bunz  | Special thanks

Shorts
Editor  Year  | Film  | Director

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2012  | Ghost Recon: Alpha |

* François Alaux
* Hervé de Crécy

Thanks  Year  | Film  | Director  | Role

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2006  | The Showdown |

* Antony Sestito
* Fulvio Sestito

| Special thanks
2012  | Broken | Alessandra Pasquino  | Thanks

TV series
Editor  Year  | Title  | Notes

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1995  | American Gothic | 1 episode
Thanks  Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2002  | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | Special thanks  | 2 episodes

## Awards and accolades[edit]

### Oscars and Oscar nominations[edit]

* 1992 - JFK (won w/ co-editor, Joe Hutshing)
* 1998 - Good Will Hunting (nominated)
* 2001 - Gladiator (nominated)
* 2002 - Black Hawk Down (won)

### Other[edit]

* 2023 — Vision Award TicinoModa, Locarno Film Festival.[7]
* 2001 — Best Editing (Gladiator), BAFTA.[9]
* 1993 — Best Editing, BAFTA.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Caprara, Fulvia (June 30, 2012). "Pietro Scalia: "Così ho rimontato Hollywood"". La Stampa. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
2. ^ Ferzetti, Fabio (July 28, 2014). "Pietro Scalia, un gladiatore in moviola". Il Messaggero. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
3. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (July 27, 2023). "Oscar-Winning Editor Pietro Scalia to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
4. ^ "FARE CINEMA: PIETRO SCALIA". La Settima Arte. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
5. ^ Sollazzo, Boris (August 7, 2023). "Locarno: Oscar-Winning Editor Pietro Scalia on the "Existential Crisis" of the Hollywood Strikes, Working With Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone and Michael Mann". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
6. ^ "Pietro Scalia: Editing Masterclass". BAFTA. December 21, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
7. ^ a b Solari, Ilaria (August 2, 2023). "Italian actors and directors in the spotlight at Locarno Film Festival 2023". Elle. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
8. ^ Masters, Kim (June 26, 2017). "'Star Wars' Firing Reveals a Disturbance in the Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
9. ^ "Film Editing in 2011 Winner". BAFTA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
10. ^ "Film Editing 1993". BAFTA. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Pietro Scalia at IMDb
* Filmed BAFTA event with Pietro Scala, July 2009

Awards for Pietro Scalia

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Academy Award for Best Film Editing

1934–1950|

* Conrad A. Nervig (1934)
* Ralph Dawson (1935)
* Ralph Dawson (1936)
* Gene Havlick and Gene Milford (1937)
* Ralph Dawson (1938)
* Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom (1939)
* Anne Bauchens (1940)
* William Holmes (1941)
* Daniel Mandell (1942)
* George Amy (1943)
* Barbara McLean (1944)
* Robert J. Kern (1945)
* Daniel Mandell (1946)
* Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish (1947)
* Paul Weatherwax (1948)
* Harry W. Gerstad (1949)
* Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig (1950)

1951–1975|

* William Hornbeck (1951)
* Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad (1952)
* William Lyon (1953)
* Gene Milford (1954)
* Charles Nelson and William Lyon (1955)
* Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax (1956)
* Peter Taylor (1957)
* Adrienne Fazan (1958)
* Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning (1959)
* Daniel Mandell (1960)
* Thomas Stanford (1961)
* Anne V. Coates (1962)
* Harold F. Kress (1963)
* Cotton Warburton (1964)
* William Reynolds (1965)
* Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo (1966)
* Hal Ashby (1967)
* Frank P. Keller (1968)
* Françoise Bonnot (1969)
* Hugh S. Fowler (1970)
* Gerald B. Greenberg (1971)
* David Bretherton (1972)
* William Reynolds (1973)
* Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress (1974)
* Verna Fields (1975)

1976–2000|

* Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976)
* Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew (1977)
* Peter Zinner (1978)
* Alan Heim (1979)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (1980)
* Michael Kahn (1981)
* John Bloom (1982)
* Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart (1983)
* Jim Clark (1984)
* Thom Noble (1985)
* Claire Simpson (1986)
* Gabriella Cristiani (1987)
* Arthur Schmidt (1988)
* David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (1989)
* Neil Travis (1990)
* Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991)
* Joel Cox (1992)
* Michael Kahn (1993)
* Arthur Schmidt (1994)
* Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley (1995)
* Walter Murch (1996)
* Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris (1997)
* Michael Kahn (1998)
* Zach Staenberg (1999)
* Stephen Mirrione (2000)

2001–present|

* Pietro Scalia (2001)
* Martin Walsh (2002)
* Jamie Selkirk (2003)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (2004)
* Hughes Winborne (2005)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (2006)
* Christopher Rouse (2007)
* Chris Dickens (2008)
* Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
* Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2010)
* Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2011)
* William Goldenberg (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (2013)
* Tom Cross (2014)
* Margaret Sixel (2015)
* John Gilbert (2016)
* Lee Smith (2017)
* John Ottman (2018)
* Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (2019)
* Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (2020)
* Joe Walker (2021)
* Paul Rogers (2022)
* Jennifer Lame (2023)

* Best Film Editing became Best Editing in 1999

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American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film

Best Edited Feature Film
(1961-1998)|

* Philip W. Anderson (1961)
* Samuel E. Beetley (1962)
* Harold F. Kress (1963)
* Cotton Warburton (1964)
* William H. Reynolds (1965)
* William B. Murphy (1966)
* Michael Luciano (1967)
* Frank P. Keller (1968)
* William H. Reynolds (1969)
* Hugh S. Fowler (1970)
* Folmar Blangsted (1971)
* David Bretherton (1972)
* William H. Reynolds (1973)
* Michael Luciano (1974)
* Verna Fields (1975)
* Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976)
* William H. Reynolds (1977)
* Peter Zinner (1978)
* Alan Heim (1979)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (1980)
* Michael Kahn (1981)
* John Bloom (1982)
* Tom Rolf (1983)
* Nena Danevic and Michael A. Chandler (1984)
* Thom Noble (1985)
* Claire Simpson (1986)
* Gabriella Cristiani (1987)
* Gerry Hambling / Stu Linder (1988)
* Steven Rosenblum (1989)
* Neil Travis (1990)
* Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991)
* Joel Cox (1992)
* Michael Kahn (1993)
* Arthur Schmidt (1994)
* Steven Rosenblum (1995)
* Walter Murch (1996)
* Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (1997)
* Michael Kahn (1998)

Comedy or Musical
(1999-present)|

* Eric Zumbrunnen (1999)
* Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein (2000)
* Jill Bilcock (2001)
* Martin Walsh (2002)
* Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood (2003)
* Paul Hirsch (2004)
* Michael McCusker (2005)
* Virginia Katz (2006)
* Chris Lebenzon (2007)
* Stephen Schaffer (2008)
* Debra Neil-Fisher (2009)
* Chris Lebenzon (2010)
* Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2012)
* Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2013)
* Barney Pilling (2014)
* Hank Corwin (2015)
* Tom Cross (2016)
* Tatiana S. Riegel (2017)
* Yorgos Mavropsaridis (2018)
* Tom Eagles (2019)
* Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler (2020)
* Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum (2021)
* Paul Rogers (2022)
* Kevin Tent (2023)

Dramatic
(1999-present)|

* Zach Staenberg (1999)
* Pietro Scalia (2000)
* Pietro Scalia (2001)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (2002)
* Jamie Selkirk (2003)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (2004)
* Hughes Winborne (2005)
* Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione / Thelma Schoonmaker (2006)
* Christopher Rouse (2007)
* Chris Dickens (2008)
* Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
* Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (2010)
* Kevin Tent (2011)
* William Goldenberg (2012)
* Christopher Rouse (2013)
* Sandra Adair (2014)
* Margaret Sixel (2015)
* Joe Walker (2016)
* Lee Smith (2017)
* John Ottman (2018)
* Yang Jin-mo (2019)
* Alan Baumgarten (2020)
* Pamela Martin (2021)
* Eddie Hamilton (2022)
* Jennifer Lame (2023)

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BAFTA Award for Best Editing

1966–2000|

* Tom Priestley (1966)
* No Award (1967)
* Sam O'Steen (1968)
* Hugh A. Robertson (1969)
* John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer (1970)
* Richard Marden (1971)
* Gerald B. Greenberg (1972)
* Ralph Kemplen (1973)
* Richard Chew and Walter Murch (1974)
* Dede Allen (1975)
* Richard Chew, Sheldon Kahn and Lynzee Klingman (1976)
* Wendy Greene Bricmont and Ralph Rosenblum (1977)
* Gerry Hambling (1978)
* Peter Zinner (1979)
* Alan Heim (1980)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (1981)
* Françoise Bonnot (1982)
* Walt Mulconery and Bud S. Smith (1983)
* Jim Clark (1984)
* Michael Chandler and Nena Danevic (1985)
* Jim Clark (1986)
* Claire Simpson (1987)
* Peter E. Berger and Michael Kahn (1988)
* Gerry Hambling (1989)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (1990)
* Gerry Hambling (1991)
* Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1992)
* Michael Kahn (1993)
* John Wright (1994)
* John Ottman (1995)
* Walter Murch (1996)
* Peter Honess (1997)
* David Gamble (1998)
* Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury (1999)
* Pietro Scalia (2000)

2001–present|

* Mary Sweeney (2001)
* Daniel Rezende (2002)
* Sarah Flack (2003)
* Valdís Óskarsdóttir (2004)
* Claire Simpson (2005)
* Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse (2006)
* Christopher Rouse (2007)
* Chris Dickens (2008)
* Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
* Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (2010)
* Chris King and Gregers Sall (2011)
* William Goldenberg (2012)
* Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill (2013)
* Tom Cross (2014)
* Margaret Sixel (2015)
* John Gilbert (2016)
* Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos (2017)
* Hank Corwin (2018)
* Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (2019)
* Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (2020)
* Tom Cross and Elliot Graham (2021)
* Paul Rogers (2022)
* Jennifer Lame (2023)

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Satellite Award for Best Editing

* David Brenner (1996)
* Conrad Buff IV and Richard A. Harris (1997)
* Michael Kahn (1998)
* Andrew Mondshein (1999)
* Conrad Buff IV (2000)
* John Gilbert (2001)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (2002)
* Victor Du Bois and Steven Rosenblum (2003)
* Jim Miller and Paul Rubell (2004)
* Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor (2005)
* Mark Goldblatt, Mark Helfrich, and Julia Wong (2006)
* Pietro Scalia (2007)
* Dan Lebental (2008)
* Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
* Robert Frazen (2010)
* Chris Gill (2011)
* Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2012)
* Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, and Crispin Struthers (2013)
* William Hoy and Stan Salfas (2014)
* Joe Walker (2015)
* John Gilbert (2016)
* William Hoy and Stan Salfas (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (2019)
* Alan Baumgarten (2020)
* Joe Walker (2021)
* Paul Rogers (2022)
* Kevin Tent (2023)

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