Billy Weber
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billy Weber is an American film editor with more than twenty film credits dating from Days of Heaven (1978). One of Weber's first editing roles was as associate editor (as William Weber) on Terrence Malick's first feature as a director, Badlands (1973). Badlands was edited by Robert Estrin; Weber edited Malick's next film Days of Heaven (1978). When Malick returned to film directing twenty years later with The Thin Red Line (1998); he once again hired Weber to edit it, along with Leslie Jones and Saar Klein. While Weber did not edit Malick's next film The New World, he was an associate producer on the project. Most recently, Weber was one of five collaborating editors on Malick's fifth feature, The Tree of Life (2011). Beyond this notable collaboration with Malick, Weber has edited Beverly Hills Cop (directed by Martin Brest, 1984), Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986) and Midnight Run (Brest, 1988). Weber was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for Top Gun; he was nominated again for an Academy Award, as well as for an ACE Eddie Award and the Satellite Award, for The Thin Red Line. Weber has directed one movie, Josh and S.A.M. (1993), that was produced by Martin Brest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Weber, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Supermarket Zombie (uncredited)
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Self
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself. This medley of voices has given origin to a journey throughout the whole United States, from California to Colorado, from Virginia to Minnesota, passing by New York and Los Angeles. Every stop represents an ideal set in which all the characters of the films come to life once again giving place to a growing flow of memories. The narrative dimension of Malick's cinema resounds and opens a new horizon on the visible contradictions of the American culture; no easy judgement but a critical consciousness is what emerges from this coral speech, together with a definite need: the necessity of art. A need that Terrence Malick was able to satisfy.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as himself
Documentary on the making of "Messiah of Evil," the surreal horror cult classic written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, directed by Willard Huyck. Includes interviews with Huyck and Katz as well as cinematographer Stephen M. Katz, editor Billy Weber, co-editor and actor Morgan Fisher.