Bob Murawski

(Box Office Spectaculars redirects here)

Bob Murawski
Born	Robert Lee Murawski (1964-06-14) June 14, 1964 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Other names	Dutch Murawski
Occupation	film editor, distributor
Spouse	Christina "Chris" Innis (2008–present)

Bob Murawski (born June 14, 1964) is an American film editor as well as a film distributor of cult horror and independent films under the "Box Office Spectaculars" and "Grindhouse Releasing" labels. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and A.C.E. awards for "Best Film Editing" on the feature film, The Hurt Locker, shared with co-editor, Chris Innis. He often works with film director Sam Raimi, having edited the first three original Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man films. He is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors.

Early life and career

Murawski was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in the northeast part of the state. He was the valedictorian at his high school in Bad Axe, Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University with a major in Telecommunications. Soon after graduation, he interned with Detroit-based film sub-distributor, Bob Mason of Mason Releasing. Murawski then moved to Hollywood, where he worked as an assistant editor on several low budget films, including Raimi's comic-book-inspired picture Darkman.

Film editing

Murawski has largely worked as a film editor, primarily for director/producer Sam Raimi, on films including Army of Darkness,The Gift, Drag Me to Hell and the Spider-Man series of films. He also co-edited the Academy Award winning film, The Hurt Locker with editor Chris Innis. Raimi has said of working with Murawski:

"He’d come (down to the set) to see how things were going and to let me know if he’d just cut something that wasn’t working the way he’d wanted it to, or to suggest a pick-up shot I should get for a piece he felt we needed in a sequence I hadn’t realized I needed. He’s very detail-oriented... So we’re very close collaborators."

Raimi finds editing with Murawski to be "relaxing", adding:

"I love it... I can watch the film come together, so it’s a time of discovery for me as Bob and I fit all the pieces together."

Murawski has also cut music videos for such groups as The Ramones, Motorhead, and Sublime. He is editing the upcoming Sam Raimi fantasy film Oz: The Great and Powerful, scheduled for release in 2013. He is represented by International Creative Management (ICM).

Film distribution

Murawski runs Grindhouse Releasing, a company that restores, preserves, and distributes classic cult and Euro-horror films. Murawski's partner at Grindhouse is actor/director Sage Stallone. Murawski also runs his own distribution arm, Box Office Spectaculars. The two labels have digitally remastered classic cult horror and independent films such as Make Them Die Slowly (aka Cannibal Ferox), Lucio Fulci's spaghetti-horror masterpiece, E tu vivrai nel terrore (aka The Beyond) as well as Cannibal Holocaust, I Drink Your Blood (1970) (directed by David E. Durston), and director Juan Piquer Simón's cult horror film, Pieces. The company is currently presenting a theatrical release of An American Hippie in Israel and Duke Mitchell's previously unreleased independent feature, Gone with the Pope. Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse has also handled the theatrical re-release and negative restoration of director Sam Raimi's cult horror film, The Evil Dead as well as the digital restoration (in association with Columbia Pictures/Sony) of the rare spaghetti western The Big Gundown starring Lee Van Cleef and The Swimmer starring Burt Lancaster. Grindhouse Releasing has been described as the "Criterion" of horror film distribution, based on the technical quality and bonus materials on their DVD releases.

Personal life

Murawski is married to fellow film editor Christina "Chris" Innis. The two editors met while working together on the Universal/CBS television series American Gothic and married in 2008. The pair has worked together on the Academy Award winning film The Hurt Locker, and on several Sam Raimi productions such as The Gift, and Spider-Man films, as well as collaborating on Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars releases.

Selected Filmography

Film Editing

• Darkman (1990) (Assistant Editor, Director Sam Raimi)
• Hard Target (1993) (director John Woo)
• Army of Darkness (1993) (director Sam Raimi)
• American Gothic (1995–1996) TV series (Editor: Title sequence & Recaps)
• From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (director Scott Spiegel)
• The Gift (2000) (co-edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi)
• Spider-Man (2002) (co-edited with Arthur Coburn, director Sam Raimi)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) (director Sam Raimi)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007) (director Sam Raimi)
• The Hurt Locker (2009) (co-edited with Chris Innis, director Kathryn Bigelow)
• Drag Me to Hell (2009) (director Sam Raimi)
• The Resident (2010) (co-edited with Stuart Levy)
• Priest (2011) (additional editing)
• Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013) (director Sam Raimi)

Film distributor

• Cannibal Ferox (aka Make them Die Slowly) - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released LD: 1997; VHS: 1999: DVD: July 2000
• Cat in the Brain (aka Nightmare Concert, Un gatto nel cervello) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released LD: 1998, DVD: 2009
• The Beyond (aka Seven Doors of Death, E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà) - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: October 2000, re-released 2008
• I Drink Your Blood (aka Hydro-Phobia) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: 2002; re-released 2006
• Cannibal Holocaust - (Grindhouse Releasing) - released DVD: 2005, re-released 2008
• Pieces (aka Mil gritos tiene la noche) - (Box Office Spectaculars) - released DVD: October 2008
• Gone with the Pope (aka Kiss the Ring) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing) - released 2010 (theatrical)
• An American Hippie in Israel (aka Ha-Trempist, The Hitch Hiker) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Grindhouse Releasing)

(DVD release, TBA)

• The Big Gundown (aka La resa dei conti) - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-Ray release, TBA)
• The Swimmer - (Box Office Spectaculars / Sony Pictures) (Restoration, Blu-Ray release, TBA)

Awards and nominations

• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("Oscar")
  Best Film Editing(shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - BAFTA - Best Film Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - ACE Eddie Award - Best Film Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - The International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award -
  Best Film Editing - (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - The Online Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Film Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - The Las Vegas Film Critics Association - Best Film Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Won) - International Cinephile Society award - Best Editing
  (shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Nominated) - The Broadcast Film Critics Association
  Critic's Choice Awards - Best Film Editing(shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• The Hurt Locker - (Nominated) - Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
  Outstanding Editing - Feature Film(shared with co-editor Chris Innis)
• Spider-Man 2 (Nominated) - 2004 Golden Satellite Awards, Satellite Award for Best Editing
• Spider-Man 2 American Film Institute Awards 2004, official selection for AFI top ten movies of the year.

See also

• List of Academy Award winning couples

External links

• Bob Murawski at the Internet Movie Database
• "Tech Support Interview: The Crafts of The Hurt Locker," Incontention, by Guy Lodge, January 7th, 2010
• Below the Line Magazine - "Contenders - Editors Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker", by Mary Ann Skweres, March 2, 2010