Profile: Richard Francis Bruce - Editor

RICHARD FRANCIS-BRUCE (film editor) collected his first Academy Award nomination for his editing of "The Shawshank Redemption." Following "The Shawshank Redemption," he received two additional Oscar nominations for "Air Force One" and "Seven." His other feature credits include "The Rock," "Speechless," "Sliver," "Dead Calm," "The Blood of Heroes," "Cadillac Man," "Crooked Hearts," the Australian portion of Peter Weir’s "The Mosquito Coast" and "Instinct." He began a long association with filmmaker George Miller on the TV miniseries "The Dismissal," which led to his motion picture work on such Miller films as "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," "The Witches of Eastwick" and "Lorenzo’s Oil." Born in Sydney, Australia, Francis-Bruce began his career as an assistant editor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1966, moving into current affairs and documentaries three years later. In the 1970s, he began editing television drama series such as "Ben Hall," "The Outsiders," "Patrol Boat," "Golden Soak," "The Timeless Land" and "The Levkas Man." You can email your questions to 123FilmEasy@Gmail.com and we'll answer them "LIVE ON AIR." Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on "Twitter" at https://twitter.com/123Film.