Pietro Scalia

During his twenty-year editing career, Pietro Scalia has been an integral collaborator on films from such acclaimed directors as Bernardo Bertolucci, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, Gus Van Sant and Sam Raimi. The Italian-born Scalia was raised and educated in Switzerland before moving to the United States to pursue filmmaking, receiving his MFA in Film and Theatre Arts from UCLA in 1985. He began his career as an assistant editor for Oliver Stone on "Wall Street" and "Talk Radio," then went on to contribute as an associate editor on "Born On The Fourth Of July" and as an additional editor on "The Doors." In 1992, Scalia won his first Academy Award, A.C.E. Eddie Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing on Oliver Stone's "JFK."

In 1998, Scalia received a second Academy Award nomination for Gus Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting." He went on to edit "G.I. Jane," "Hannibal," "Gladiator" and "Black Hawk Down" for director Ridley Scott, picking up his third Academy Award nomination on "Gladiator" and winning his second Academy Award for "Black Hawk Down." Scalia's multi-talented efforts include collaborating as a music producer with composer Hans Zimmer and Scott for the soundtracks to "Gladiator," "Hannibal" and "Black Hawk Down."

Scalia's other editing credits include "Little Buddha" and "Stealing Beauty" for Bernardo Bertolucci, "The Quick And The Dead" for Sam Raimi and "Playing By Heart" for Willard Carroll. More recently, he edited John Dahl's "The Great Raid" and "Memoirs Of A Geisha" from Rob Marshall. Scalia is currently at work on "American Gangster," his fifth collaboration with director Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.