
Person
Jabez Olssen
Editing
Biography
Jabez Olssen (born 5 August 1975) is a New Zealand film and television editor who has worked extensively with director Peter Jackson. Starting in 1998, Olssen worked in the editorial department of two television programs in New Zealand. He was then hired to work with principal editor Michael J. Horton on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (directed by Peter Jackson – 2002). Olssen was ultimately credited as an "additional editor" on this film. The two editors won the Online Film Critics Society Award and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for this film. Olssen said of his work, "Anyway, if I never get to edit anything ever again, I can still say that I've edited scenes with Gollum in them and I've edited scenes with Darth Vader in them so, I'm good." He won an Emmy in the 2022 award ceremony for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program for his work on The Beatles: Get Back. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jabez Olssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Jurassic World Rebirth
Editor

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Assistant Editor

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Additional Editor

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Editor

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Editor

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Fish Monger

King Kong
Additional Editing

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Editor

The Adventures of Tintin
Additional Editor

The Beatles: Get Back
Editor
Filmography
- 2025Jurassic World RebirthEditor
- 2021The Beatles: Get BackEditor
- 2018They Shall Not Grow OldEditor
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryEditor
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesEditor
- 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugFish Monger
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyEditor
- 2011The Adventures of TintinAdditional Editor
- 2009The Lovely BonesEditor
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Editor
- 2008Crossing the LineEditor
- 2007FogEditor
- 2005King KongAdditional Editing
- 2005The Lost Spider Pit SequenceEditor
- 2004WimbledonVisual Effects Editor
- 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of LifeAssistant Editor
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersAdditional Editor
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAssistant Editor
- 2000Jack of All TradesEditor
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