Jon Harris | |
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Born |
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
11 July 1967
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Film editor, film director |
Jon Harris (born 11 July 1967) is a film editor known for his work on Snatch (2000), Layer Cake (2004), The Descent (2005), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), 127 Hours (2010), The Woman In Black (2012), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
He also directed the horror film The Descent Part 2 (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for 127 Hours.
Harris received a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best Technical Achievement 2005 for his work on Neil Marshall's The Descent (2005). Harris then made his directorial debut with the sequel The Descent: Part 2 (2009).
In 2011 Harris was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for his editing work on Danny Boyle's 127 Hours (2010) and subsequently became a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). He has a further 12 nominations including a Saturn Award Best Editing nomination for his editing work on Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) alongside Eddie Hamilton.