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Jason Ballantine ASE ACE - Film Editor

Jason is currently crafting DC Comic's highly anticipated 2025 summer tenpole Superman, directed by James Gunn.

Previous credits include Andrés Muschietti's The Flash, and box office smash hits IT and IT: Chapter Two, Antoine Fuqua's thriller The Guilty, Matthew Vaughn's action adventure The King's Man, the John Wick world of Len Wiseman's Ballerina, Rupert Sander's The Crow, Bryan Singer's CBS pilot Battle Creek, the high-octane Fury Road (Mad Max 4) by George Miller and Baz Luhrmann's American Classic in 3D The Great Gatsby.

Winner of multilple Australian editing awards for The Great Gatsby and Wish You Were Here. With further nominations for the acclaimed Wolf Creek, Rogue and Caterpillar Wish.

As Assistant Editor and/or Visual Effects Editor, Jason worked alongside many noteworthy Directors and Editors on films such as Babe, Dark City, Moulin Rouge, MI2, Hearts in Atlantis, The Quiet American, Australia and Star Wars Episode 2 and Episode 3 in a career spanning 30 years.

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CV

CO FILM EDITOR
D.C. Comics/Warner Bros.
SUPERMAN
director: James Gunn
CO FILM EDITOR
Lionsgate
THE CROW
director: Rupert Sanders
CO FILM EDITOR
Lionsgate
BALLERINA
director: Len Wiseman
FILM EDITOR
Netflix
THE GUILTY
director: Antoine Fuqua
CO FILM EDITOR
20th Century Studios
THE KING'S MAN
director: Matthew Vaughn
FILM EDITOR
New Line Cinema
IT: Chapter Two
director: Andrés Muschietti
FILM EDITOR
Netflix
HOW IT ENDS
director: David M. Rosenthal
FILM EDITOR
New Line Cinema
IT
director: Andrés Muschietti
FILM EDITOR
Legendary Pictures
SPECTRAL
director: Nic Mathieu
EDITOR (pilot)
20th Century Fox Television
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
director: George Tillman Jr.
FILM EDITOR
Fox 2000 Pictures
THE LONGEST RIDE
director: George Tillman Jr.
CO EDITOR (pilot)
High Bridge Productions
BATTLE CREEK
director: Bryan Singer
ADDITIONAL EDITOR
Warner Bros.
MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD
director: Dr. George Miller
CO FILM EDITOR
Warner Bros.
THE GREAT GATSBY
director: Baz Luhrmann
FILM EDITOR
Aquarius Films
WISH YOU WERE HERE
director: Kieran Darcy-Smith
ADDITIONAL EDITOR
Omnilab Media
KILLER ELITE
director: Gary McKendry
FILM EDITOR
Filmscope Entertainment
NEEDLE
director: John Soto
FILM EDITOR
Screen Australia
UNINHABITED
director: Bill Bennett
D.I./SCAN LIAISON
20th Century Fox

AUSTRALIA
editor: Dody Dorn, director: Baz Luhrmann

FILM EDITOR
Filmscope Entertainment
CRUSH
directors: John Soto and Jeff Gerritsen
FILM EDITOR
Screen Gems
PROM NIGHT
director: Nelson McCormick
FILM EDITOR
Dimension Films
ROGUE
director: Greg Mclean
FILM EDITOR
Wish Productions
CATERPILLAR WISH
director: Sandra Sciberras
EDITOR and POST SUPERVISOR
Gerrycan Productions
THE BET
director: Mark Lee
EDITOR and POST SUPERVISOR
Dimension Films

WOLF CREEK
director: Greg Mclean

1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Paramount Pictures
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
editor: Sabrina Plisco,
director: Gary Winick
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Warner Bros.
HAPPY FEET
editor: Margaret Sixel,
director: Dr George Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR
LucasFilm
STAR WARS, Episode 3
editor: Roger Barton,
director: George Lucas
VISUAL FX EDITOR and
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
THE CROCODILE HUNTER
editor: Suresh Ayyar,
director: John Stainton
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Miramax
THE QUIET AMERICAN
editor: John Scott, director: Phillip Noyce
VISUAL FX EDITOR and
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Castle Rock Entertainment
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
editor: Pip Karmel, director: Scott Hicks
ASSISTANT EDITOR
LucasFilm
STAR WARS, Episode 2
editor: Ben Burt, director: George Lucas
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
20th Century Fox
MOULIN ROUGE
editor: Jill Bilcock, director: Baz Luhrmann
VISUAL FX EDITORIAL
COORDINATOR
Paramount Pictures

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
editor: Christian Wagner                              director: John Woo

VISUAL FX EDITOR and
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Scanbox Productions

KOMODO
editor: Michael Fallavollita
director: Michael Lantierie

VISUAL FX EDITOR and
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Universal Pictures
BABE - Pig in the City
editors: Margaret Sixel, Jay Friedkin,
Dany Cooper, director: Dr. George Miller
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
New Line Cinema
DARK CITY
editors: Dov Hoenig, Marcus D’Arcy
director: Alex Proyas
AVID ASSISTANT EDITOR
Universal Pictures
BABE
editors: Marcus D’Arcy, Jay Friedkin
director: Chris Noonan

 

Accredited Member of the Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE)

Accredited Member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE)

Member of the American Motion Picture Editors Guild, Local 700

 

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