Stephen E. Rivkin

Stephen E. Rivkin
Stephen E. Rivkin
	Rivkin on June 18, 2013
Born	May 5, 1955 (age 68); Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Education	Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Occupation(s)	Film editor, music video director
Notable work	Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Spouse	Dina Morrone

Rivkin has edited three films for director Norman Jewison as well as has worked extensively with director Gore Verbinski. Stephen Rivkin is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors and currently serves as the President of the organization. He was also associate producer on two films.

Early life and career

Rivkin's career started in 1976 on the short film, Ain't We Having Fun?. Rivkin went on to graduate in the 1975 class of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Personal life

Rivkin's brothers are Richard Share and musicians Bobby Z. and David Z.

He is married to Dina Morrone.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1982	The Personals	Peter Markle	—
1984	Hot Dog…The Movie		—
1986	Youngblood		—
1986	Band of the Hand	Paul Michael Glaser	—
1987	Stranded	Fleming B. Fuller	—
1988	Bat21*	Peter Markle	—
1989	Nightbreaker		Television film
1990	El Diablo		Television film
1991	Run	Geoff Burrowes	Co-edited with Jack Hofstra
1991	Wildflower	Diane Keaton	Television film
1992	My Cousin Vinny	Jonathan Lynn	—
1992	The Comrades of Summer	Tommy Lee Wallace	Television film
1993	Fire in the Sky	Robert Lieberman	—
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Mel Brooks	—
1994	Only You	Norman Jewison	—
1995	Outbreak	Wolfgang Petersen	Co-edited with Lynzee Klingman, Neil Travis and William Hoy
1995	Nine Months	Chris Columbus	Co-edited with Raja Gosnell
1996	Bogus	Norman Jewison	—
1996	The Last Days of Frankie the Fly	Peter Markle	—
1997	Excess Baggage	Marco Brambilla	—
1999	Idle Hands	Rodman Flender	—
1999	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison	—
2001	Swordfish	Dominic Sena	—
	Wooly Boys	Leszek Burzynski	Co-edited with Andrew S. Eisen
	Ali	Michael Mann	Co-edited with Lynzee Klingman, Stuart Waks and William Goldenberg
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski	Co-edited with Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood
2003	The Statement	Norman Jewison	Co-edited with Andrew S. Eisen
2005	Stealth	Rob Cohen	—
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Gore Verbinski	Co-edited with Craig Wood
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Gore Verbinski	Co-edited with Craig Wood
2009	Avatar	James Cameron	Co-edited with James Cameron and John Refoua
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Ridley Scott	—
2015	Blackhat	Michael Mann	Co-edited with Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Joe Walker and Mako Kamitsuna
2015	Fantastic Four	Josh Trank	Co-edited with Elliot Greenberg Credited as Stephen Rivkin
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Robert Rodriguez
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water	James Cameron	Co-edited with John Refoua, David Brenner, and James Cameron
2025	Avatar 3	James Cameron

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist
1985	"Curiosity"	The Jets
1986	"Crush on You"	The Jets
	"Private Number"	The Jets
	"You Got It All"	The Jets
	"Christmas In My Heart"	The Jets
1987	"I Do You"	The Jets

Awards and nominations

2010 - Academy Award Nomination "Film Editing" - Avatar (shared with editors John Refoua and editor/director James Cameron)
2010 - BAFTA Award Nomination "Film Editing" - Avatar (shared with editors John Refoua and editor/director James Cameron)
2010 - American Cinema Editors Nomination "Film Editing" Feature Film (Dramatic) - Avatar (shared with editors John Refoua and editor/director James Cameron)
2008 - American Cinema Editors Nomination "Film Editing" Feature Film - Comedy or Musical - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 - American Cinema Editors Nomination "Film Editing" Feature Film - Comedy or Musical - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2004 - American Cinema Editors Winner "Best Edited Feature Film" - Comedy or Musical - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

References

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