Editor Crispin Struthers, nominated for the Best Achievement in Film Editing Oscar for two David O. Russell-directed features–in tandem with Jay Cassidy for Silver Linings Playbook in 2013 and then this year with Cassidy and Alan Baumgarten for American Hustle— has joined creative editorial house Final Cut for commercials and branded content.
Struthers won the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Award for both Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. Previously he worked on Russell’s acclaimed film The Fighter. Struthers’ other feature credits include RockNRolla, Eagle Eye, I Am Number Four, and the upcoming Earth to Echo.
While a California native, Struthers grew up in the Highlands of Scotland, and in a unique precursor to editing, received an honors degree in physics from the University of Edinburgh. The move to Final Cut is a return to Struthers’ advertising roots. Struthers began his career in the in-house editorial department of TBWAChiatDay. Just as Struthers has drawn upon his advertising experience when cutting films, he will now have the opportunity to bring his feature film skillset to the 30 second spot.
“In David O. Russell’s films, you get a sense that Crispin cuts for character and emotion. Additionally, he has an incredible sense of pacing and energy, and I am confident these techniques will transition nicely to his commercial work,” said Saima Awan, executive producer of Final Cut.
Sr. editor/partner Eric Zumbrunnen helped shepherd Final Cut’s relationship with Struthers. “We kept running into Crispin while we were on the awards circuit for Her and there was a strong mutual admiration for each others’ work. His ability to seamlessly blend drama and comedy, while interweaving multiple stories made it immediately clear that he was a perfect fit for commercials.”
Struthers joins Zumbrunnen in Final Cut’s Los Angeles office, alongside LA-based editors Adam Rudd, Arianna Tomasettig, Jeff Buchanan, Matt Murphy, Richard Learoyd and Sarah Iben.
Active in commercials, feature films and music videos, Final Cut maintains offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.
