Edgar Burcksen, ACE, a renowned film editor, left a successful career in The Netherlands to relocate to California. He brought with him over 15 feature film credits and a Dutch Film Festival Award for his remarkable body of work. In California, Burcksen became the supervising editor of "Seabert," a Saturday morning cartoon for French television, which was later acquired and televised by HBO.
After completing 52 episodes, he joined Colossal Pictures in San Francisco, where he established the editorial department and collaborated on numerous commercials for prominent brands like Levi's, General Motors, Budweiser, and Disney, as well as music videos for The Grateful Dead and Thomas Dolby.
Burcksen's expertise in visual effects caught the attention of ILM, which hired him as the visual effects editor for The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Diehard 2 (1990). As an early adopter of non-linear editing, he became an expert in using the Editdroid, George Lucas' invention to revolutionize film editing.
Lucas invited Burcksen to set up the post-production for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) and collaborate as one of the editors. His work on the pilot episode, Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (1992),earned him an Emmy for best editing in 1992.
Burcksen's subsequent projects include serving as editor and post-production supervisor on the documentary miniseries "500 Nations" (1995) for CBS, hosted and produced by Kevin Costner. He also edited Colors Straight Up (1997),which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.
Burcksen's other notable works include Lunker Lake (1997),which won at the Santa Clarita Family Film Festival, and Left Luggage (1998),which earned four prestigious awards at the Berlin Film Festival. His documentaries include In Search of Peace (2001),The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania (2005),and Borrowing Time (2006),as well as independent feature films like Purple Heart (2005),School of Life (2005),and Brothers Three, An American Gothic (2007).
Burcksen's diverse experience across various film genres made him the go-to editor for director Ted Braun's innovative project, Darfur Now (2007),which earned him an ACE Eddie Award nomination. His recent documentaries include Bluetopia, SOS (State Of Security),Last Hijack, Hollywood Banker, License to Operate, 100 Years, and Unlikely, as well as indie feature films like Politics of Love, A New York Heartbeat, and Losing in Love.
In his free time, Burcksen is an avid cyclist who rides 100 miles every week with his Brentwood cycling club, LaGrange. He is also a member of the Editors Guild, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and served on the Board of Directors of ACE for many years.
