John Forbes Burnett (March 5, 1934 – October 24, 2024) was an American film editor.

Burnett died in Lincoln, California on October 24, 2024, at the age of 90.

At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.

Filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes1968 The Heart Is a Lonely HunterRobert Ellis MillerFirst collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller 1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody CameHy Averback The Owl and the PussycatHerbert RossFirst collaboration with Herbert Ross1971 Wild RoversBlake EdwardsSecond collaboration with Blake Edwards1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co.Dick Richards1973 The Way We WereSydney Pollack1974 The Girl from PetrovkaRobert Ellis MillerSecond collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller1975 The Sunshine BoysHerbert RossSecond collaboration with Herbert Ross1976 Murder by DeathRobert Moore 1977 The Domino PrincipleStanley Kramer The Goodbye GirlHerbert RossThird collaboration with Herbert Ross1978 GreaseRandal Kleiser1979 ...And Justice for AllNorman Jewison1980 Can't Stop the MusicNancy Walker 1981 Death HuntPeter Hunt Rich and FamousGeorge CukorSecond collaboration with George Cukor1982 Grease 2Patricia Birch1984 Irreconcilable DifferencesCharles Shyer1986 A Fine MessBlake EdwardsThird collaboration with Blake Edwards1989 LeviathanGeorge P. Cosmatos1991 Bed & BreakfastRobert Ellis MillerThird collaboration with Robert Ellis Miller 1992 Class ActRandall Miller Leap of FaithRichard Pearce

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes Other notes 1957 The Spirit of St. LouisBilly Wilder Assistant editor The Helen Morgan StoryMichael Curtiz1958 Fort DobbsGordon Douglas1959 The FBI StoryMervyn LeRoyFirst collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy 1960 Cash McCallJoseph Pevney Tall StoryJoshua Logan 1962 The Music ManMorton DaCosta GypsyMervyn LeRoySecond collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy1964 My Fair LadyGeorge CukorFirst collaboration with George Cukor1965 The Great RaceBlake EdwardsAdditional editorFirst collaboration with Blake Edwards1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Mike NicholsAssistant editor1978 Moment by MomentJane WagnerSupervising film editor1983 Staying AliveSylvester StalloneEditor

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role1997 TravellerJack N. GreenThanks

Documentaries

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role2017 The Fabulous Allan CarrJeffrey SchwarzSpecial thanks

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director 1975 Love Among the RuinsGeorge Cukor Promise Him AnythingEdward Parone1986 Between Two WomenJon Avnet1991 Fourth StoryIvan Passer1993 Killer Rules Robert Ellis Miller1994 Pointman

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1985 SurvivingWaris Hussein Supervising editor1991 Not of This WorldJon Hess

TV series

+ Editor Year Title Notes1983 The Winds of War7 episodes1988−89 War and Remembrance12 episodes1996−97 Baywatch Nights10 episodes

+ Producer Year Title Credit Notes1995 Pointman21 episodes1995−97 Baywatch NightsProducer44 episodes

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