Edgar Burcksen, who handled visual effects for The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and won an Emmy for editing the pilot for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, has died. He was 76.
Burcksen died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from a heart attack, Innovative Artists announced.
Born in Holland in 1947, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. He moved to San Francisco to work for Colossal Pictures, where he collaborated on music videos for the Grateful Dead and Thomas Dolby and on commercials for Disney, Levi’s and other companies.
He joined George Lucas’ Ilm, served as the effects editor on the 1990 films The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and became an expert in the use of the nonlinear editing system known as the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
Lucas then tasked him with handling postproduction on the 1992-93 ABC series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,...
Burcksen died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from a heart attack, Innovative Artists announced.
Born in Holland in 1947, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. He moved to San Francisco to work for Colossal Pictures, where he collaborated on music videos for the Grateful Dead and Thomas Dolby and on commercials for Disney, Levi’s and other companies.
He joined George Lucas’ Ilm, served as the effects editor on the 1990 films The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and became an expert in the use of the nonlinear editing system known as the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
Lucas then tasked him with handling postproduction on the 1992-93 ABC series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Edgar Burcksen, a veteran TV and film editor who won an Emmy for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, worked at Industrial Light & Magic and was a longtime American Cinema Editors board member, has died. He was 76.
Innovative Artists said he died April 7 in Los Angeles from complications of a heart attack.
A Holland native, Burcksen began his career editing features in Amsterdam and won the Golden Calf at the Nederlands Film Festival. He moved to California in 1985 and was supervising editor for more than 50 episodes of Seabert, a cartoon series that aired Saturday mornings in France and later aired on HBO.
Burcksen then was hired at Colossal Pictures in San Francisco, where he worked on commercials for the likes of Disney and Budweiser and on music videos for Thomas Dolby and the Grateful Dead, during the legendary band’s late-’80s commercial resurgence.
An early backer of non-linear editing, Burcksen then joined Industrial Light & Magic,...
Innovative Artists said he died April 7 in Los Angeles from complications of a heart attack.
A Holland native, Burcksen began his career editing features in Amsterdam and won the Golden Calf at the Nederlands Film Festival. He moved to California in 1985 and was supervising editor for more than 50 episodes of Seabert, a cartoon series that aired Saturday mornings in France and later aired on HBO.
Burcksen then was hired at Colossal Pictures in San Francisco, where he worked on commercials for the likes of Disney and Budweiser and on music videos for Thomas Dolby and the Grateful Dead, during the legendary band’s late-’80s commercial resurgence.
An early backer of non-linear editing, Burcksen then joined Industrial Light & Magic,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Edgar Burcksen, longtime editor of features, documentaries, and TV series, died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications of a heart attack. He was 76.
Burcksen won an Emmy for editing the pilot of “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” as well as an Ace Robert Wise award. He was also honored with the Golden Calf at the Nederlands Film Festival.
Born in Holland, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. After moving to the U.S, he served as editor on the animated “Seabert.” He then joined Industrial Light and Magic, where he was the effects editor on “Die Hard 2” and “The Hunt for Red October.” George Lucas selected him to consult on the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
His credits include Jeroen Krabbe’s feature “Left Luggage,” which competed for the Golden Bear, as well as documentaries “Colors Straight Up,” which was Oscar-nominated, “Darfur Now,” “Hollywood Banker,” and Kevin Costner’s “500 Nations.
Burcksen won an Emmy for editing the pilot of “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” as well as an Ace Robert Wise award. He was also honored with the Golden Calf at the Nederlands Film Festival.
Born in Holland, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. After moving to the U.S, he served as editor on the animated “Seabert.” He then joined Industrial Light and Magic, where he was the effects editor on “Die Hard 2” and “The Hunt for Red October.” George Lucas selected him to consult on the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
His credits include Jeroen Krabbe’s feature “Left Luggage,” which competed for the Golden Bear, as well as documentaries “Colors Straight Up,” which was Oscar-nominated, “Darfur Now,” “Hollywood Banker,” and Kevin Costner’s “500 Nations.
- 4/9/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
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