Stephen Mirrione (born February 17, 1969) is an American film editor. He is best known for winning an Academy Award for his editing of the film Traffic (2000).
Life and career Mirrione was born in Santa Clara County, California. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory and then the University of California, Santa Cruz, from which he received his bachelor's degree in 1991.Bellarmine College Preparatory Connections, Fall 2005 issue. Online version retrieved Jan. 8, 2008. He moved to Los Angeles, and began a collaboration with Doug Liman, who was then a graduate student at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Mirrione edited Liman's first feature films Getting In (1994), Swingers (1996), and Go (1999), which was an homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon.Newman, John (2001). "Academy Award winner and former UCSC student Stephen Mirrione returns to campus," UC Santa Cruz Currents, May 28, 2001. Online version retrieved Jan. 7, 2008.
Mirrione has had a notable collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh. The two met when Soderbergh attended the opening of Go. About one year later, he asked Mirrione to edit Traffic (2000), which earned Mirrione an Oscar. Todd McCarthy characterized the effects of the camerawork and editing: "Soderbergh has given the film tremendous texture as well as a vibrant immediacy through constant handheld operating, mostly using available light, and manipulating the look both in shooting and in the lab. Stephen Mirrione's editing, which gives Traffic a beautifully modulated overall shape, is characterized on a moment-to-moment basis by jump cuts and jagged rhythms. Overall result is far too stylized to call the approach verite, but pic looks far more caught-on-the-run, and therefore far less staged, than all but a few other American films."McCarthy, Todd (2000). "Traffic", Variety Dec. 12, 2000; online version retrieved 2008-07-13
Mirrione subsequently edited all three of the Ocean's films directed by Soderbergh and starring George Clooney (Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007)), as well as The Informant! (2009) and Contagion (2011).
Mirrione won an American Cinema Editors "Eddie" Award in 2006 for his editing of Alejandro González Iñárritu's film Babel, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. He has been nominated four times for BAFTA Awards for editing Traffic, 21 Grams (also directed by Inarritu – 2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (directed by George Clooney-2005), and for Babel.
Mirrione has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Selected filmography Year Film Director 1994 Getting In Doug Liman 1995 Monster Mash: The Movie Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow 1996 Swingers Doug Liman 1997 Clockwatchers Jill Sprecher 1999 Go Doug Liman 2000 TrafficSteven Soderbergh2001 Ocean's Eleven Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney 2003 21 Grams Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu2004 Criminal Gregory Jacobs Ocean's Twelve Steven Soderbergh 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney 2006 BabelAlejandro González Iñárritu2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Anna") Ocean's Thirteen Steven Soderbergh 2008 Leatherheads George Clooney 2009 The Informant! Steven Soderbergh 2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu2011 The Ides of March George Clooney Contagion Steven Soderbergh 2012 The Hunger Games Gary Ross 2013 August: Osage County John Wells2014 The Monuments Men George Clooney Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro González Iñárritu 2015 The Revenant 2017 SuburbiconGeorge Clooney 2020 The Midnight Sky 2022 SpiderheadJoseph Kosinski 2025 F12026DiggerAlejandro González Iñárritu
Academy Awards and nominations 2000 – Traffic (won) Academy Award Film Editing 2006 – Babel (nominated) Academy Award Film Editing 2015 – The Revenant (nominated) Academy Award Film Editing 2025 – F1 (nominated) Academy Award Film Editing see: Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Other awards and nominations 2000 – Traffic (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2000 – Traffic (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic 2002 – Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (won) San Diego Film Critics Society SDFCS Award Best Editing 2003 – 21 Grams (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2005 – Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2005 – Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic 2006 – Babel (won) Cannes Film Festival Vulcain Prize – Awarded to a technical artist by the C.S.T. 2006 – Babel (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2006 – Babel (won) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic 2010 – Biutiful (nominated) 25th Goya Awards Best Editing 2013 – August: Osage County (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical 2014 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2014 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical 2015 – The Revenant (nominated) BAFTA Film Award Best Editing 2015 – The Revenant (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
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