Jon Harris (director)
Quick Facts
Biography
Jon Harris (born 11 July 1967) is a film editor known for his work on Snatch (2000), Layer Cake (2004), The Descent (2005), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), 127 Hours (2010), The Woman In Black (2012), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
He also directed the horror film The Descent Part 2 (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for 127 Hours.
Career
Harris received a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best Technical Achievement 2005 for his work on Neil Marshall's The Descent (2005). Harris then made his directorial debut with the sequel The Descent: Part 2 (2009).
In 2011 Harris was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for his editing work on Danny Boyle's 127 Hours (2010) and subsequently became a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). He has a further 12 nominations including a Saturn Award Best Editing nomination for his editing work on Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) alongside Eddie Hamilton.
Harris is currently working with Danny Boyle on the Trainspotting sequel T2 (2017).
Filmography
Editor
- T2 (2017)
- Bastille Day (2016)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
- The Two Faces of January (2014)
- Trance (2013)
- The Woman In Black (2012)
- 127 Hours (2010)
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
- Eden Lake (2008)
- Stardust (2007)
- Starter for 10 (2006)
- Being Cyrus (2005)
- The Descent (2005)
- Layer Cake (2004)
- The Calcium Kid (2004)
- dot the i (2003)
- Ripley's Game (2002)
- Snatch (2000)
Director
- The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Additional editor
- Paddington (2014)
Assistant editor
- The Secret Agent (1996)
- When Saturday Comes (1996)
- The Turnaround (1995)
Assistant director
- Solitaire for 2 (1995)