Jill Bilcock
Birthday:
1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth Name:
Jillian Elizabeth Stevenson
Although still relatively unknown, Jill Bilcock is one of the world's leading editors, working with directing heavyweights such as Sam Mendes, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Schepisi. An award winning editor at an early age in her birthplace Australia, Jill rose through the ranks breaking through to the lucrative American market in the mid '90s. S...
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Although still relatively unknown, Jill Bilcock is one of the world's leading editors, working with directing heavyweights such as Sam Mendes, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Schepisi. An award winning editor at an early age in her birthplace Australia, Jill rose through the ranks breaking through to the lucrative American market in the mid '90s. She is now one of the most sought after editors in the world and in an envious position of being able to pick and choose her projects due to overwhelming demand. Her strength remains her remarkable diversity in projects she chooses spanning many genres as she continues to pleasantly surprise her audience. Show less «
I feel stongly about some things and tend not to let up for a while. But I've found that you can talk your way around most things or show th...Show more »
I feel stongly about some things and tend not to let up for a while. But I've found that you can talk your way around most things or show them another cut of the film. Show less «
The editor has a key and it opens endless creative doors. It is by opening these doors that you invariably find a new solution to a problem.
The editor has a key and it opens endless creative doors. It is by opening these doors that you invariably find a new solution to a problem.
In many ways editing is trying to understand the director's vision and then to surprise the director by going further than their vision.
In many ways editing is trying to understand the director's vision and then to surprise the director by going further than their vision.