American film editor, John Wright has been reported dead. According to his family, he died of prostate and bone cancer at the age of 79.
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He reportedly died in his home in Calabasas on April 20, 2023. He was survived by his wife, Jane Wright, and two children; Amy and Cort Wright.
Born in Glendale, Wright began his career as an editor at KABC-TV right after graduating from Van Nuys High School. He also worked on National Geographic and Jacques Costeau specials during the early stages of his career.
He then went on to work as an editor on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and The Bad News Bears (1976). Acapulco Gold and Dogs was his first feature film as a major film editor.
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Wright was also known for several films. Some of them include The Passion of Christ (2004) and Apocalypto (2006) which he collaborated with Director Mel Gibson.
Some of his other films also include Frances, Gleaming the Cube, Secretariat, Heaven Is for Real, and more.
He was nominated for the 1989 Emmy Award for Best Editing for the movie, My name Is Bill W. Wright also received an Oscar nomination for Speed by Jan de Bont, and The Hunt for Red October, one of the movies he edited for John McTiernan.
Some of Wright’s popular movies include Convoy (1978), The Running Man (1987), Necessary Roughness (1991), Broken Arrow (1996), X-Men (2000), Glory Road, and Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk (2008).
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