Edgar Burcksen, who handled visual effects for The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and won an Emmy for editing the pilot for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, has died. He was 76.
Burcksen died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from a heart attack, Innovative Artists announced.
Born in Holland in 1947, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. He moved to San Francisco to work for Colossal Pictures, where he collaborated on music videos for the Grateful Dead and Thomas Dolby and on commercials for Disney, Levi’s and other companies.
He joined George Lucas’ Ilm, served as the effects editor on the 1990 films The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and became an expert in the use of the nonlinear editing system known as the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
Lucas then tasked him with handling postproduction on the 1992-93 ABC series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,...
Burcksen died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from a heart attack, Innovative Artists announced.
Born in Holland in 1947, Burcksen started his career editing features in Amsterdam. He moved to San Francisco to work for Colossal Pictures, where he collaborated on music videos for the Grateful Dead and Thomas Dolby and on commercials for Disney, Levi’s and other companies.
He joined George Lucas’ Ilm, served as the effects editor on the 1990 films The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2 and became an expert in the use of the nonlinear editing system known as the EditDroid, a precursor to the Avid.
Lucas then tasked him with handling postproduction on the 1992-93 ABC series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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