Hank Corwin

Biography

Hank Corwin is an Academy Award-nominated film editor and additional editor who worked with several directors such as Oliver Stone, Adam McKay, Terrence Malick, and Robert Redford, just to mention a few names. 

Sharp, fast-paced, and innovative in his techniques, Corwin's ability to create the exact mood and rhythm for the scene is what makes him one of the most interesting film editors working today, growing more with each film that goes by.

Corwin's career began as an additional editor working under the supervision of Oliver Stone in the epic JFK (1991), which won the Best Film Editing Oscar (awarded to main editors Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia) and Best Cinematography. 

After enjoying his work in that movie, Stone asked him to be his editor in three other films: Natural Born Killers (1994) - where Corwin has an uncredited role as Mickey Knox's headless father -, Nixon (1995), and U-Turn (1997). With the great Terrence Malick and working with other editors, Corwin worked in The New World (2005), The Tree of Life (2011), and Song to Song (2017).

But it was his collaboration with Adam McKay and his more serious films dealing with the economic crisis of 2008 or Dick Cheney's biography that Hank Corwin got a boost and recognition from awards and mainstream audiences. 

The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018) brought him two Oscar nominations, one Bafta win, and one Eddie award from the American Cinema Editors. Both films dealt with real-life stories, and the use of humor, filled with references from cultural or political aspects which makes the audience think and engage in the scenario, all thanks to the ability of a skillful director aligned with a talented editor.

As of 2022, he has contributed to the editing of four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK (1991), The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018) and Don't Look Up (2021).