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Rivkin on June 18, 2013

Stephen Elliott Rivkin is an American film editor best known for his editing work on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series as well as his work with director James Cameron as an editor on Avatar, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. 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 musicians Bobby Z. and David Z.

He is married to Dina Morrone.

Selected filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1982	The Personals	Peter Markle	N/A
1984	Hot Dog…The Movie		N/A
1986	Youngblood		N/A
	Band of the Hand	Paul Michael Glaser	N/A
1987	Stranded	Fleming B. Fuller	N/A
1988	Bat*21	Peter Markle	N/A
1989	Nightbreaker		Television film
1990	El Diablo
1991	Run	Geoff Burrowes	Co-edited with Jack Hofstra
	Wildflower	Diane Keaton	Television film
1992	My Cousin Vinny	Jonathan Lynn	N/A
	The Comrades of Summer	Tommy Lee Wallace	Television film
1993	Fire in the Sky	Robert Lieberman	N/A
	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Mel Brooks	N/A
1994	Only You	Norman Jewison	N/A
1995	Outbreak	Wolfgang Petersen	Co-edited with Lynzee Klingman, Neil Travis and William Hoy
	Nine Months	Chris Columbus	Co-edited with Raja Gosnell
1996	Bogus	Norman Jewison	N/A
	The Last Days of Frankie the Fly	Peter Markle	N/A
1997	Excess Baggage	Marco Brambilla	N/A
1999	Idle Hands	Rodman Flender	N/A
	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison	N/A
2001	Swordfish	Dominic Sena	N/A
	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
	The Statement	Norman Jewison	Co-edited with Andrew S. Eisen
2005	Stealth	Rob Cohen	N/A
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
2009	Avatar	James Cameron	Co-edited with James Cameron and John Refoua
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Ridley Scott	N/A
2015	Blackhat	Michael Mann	Co-edited with Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Joe Walker and Mako Kamitsuna
	Fantastic Four	Josh Trank	Co-edited with Elliot Greenberg Credited as Stephen Rivkin
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Robert Rodriguez
2021	Avatar 2	James Cameron	Co-edited with John Refoua, David Brenner, and James Cameron
2023	Avatar 3

Awards & 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

📰 Article(s) of the same category(ies)

• Juan Carlos Fanconi
• J. T. S. Moore
• Cristhian Andrews
• Mark Radcliffe (film producer)
• Tamika Lamison
• David Metzler
• Evan Talianko

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