Pietro Scalia is one of the most popular and richest Film Editor who was born on March 17, 1960 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Scalia has edited movies such as Levity (2003), directed by Ed Solomon and Memoirs of a Geisha directed by Rob Marshall. Scalia was also involved in Hannibal Rising. This movie tells the story of Hannibal, a teenager, and Mischa Lecter, after their parents were killed in World War II. It was directed and released by Peter Webber in 2006. He has had a long-lasting relationship with Ridley Scott, working on films such as American Gangster (2007 and 2008), Body of Lies (2008), and Robin Hood (2010). He most recently worked with Ridley Scott as a director on The Martian. It was released in October 2015. Scalia took over as editor Chris Dickens’ on Solo: A Star Wars Story in May 2017.
Pietro Scalia was a collaborator with Bernardo Bertolucci in Little Buddha (1993), Stealing Beauty (1996), and Sam Raimi in The Quick and the Dead (1995). He was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1997, for Good Will Hunting, and again in 2000 for Gladiator. A second Academy Award was won for Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. G.I. was also edited by him. Jane and a pilot episode for a TV series called American Gothic in the late 1990s.
He returned to Europe in pursuit of his dream to be a film director after completing his MFA. He returned to the United States shortly thereafter on a work visa in order to continue his career as a Hollywood film editor. He started as an editor for Andrei Konchalovski’s Shy People. Later, he was promoted to assistant editor at Oliver Stone. It was difficult to get the job. Scalia was inspired by Oliver Stone’s work, particularly Salvador, and decided to join that director. One of his assistant editors was his sister and he made contact. Scalia was involved in films such as Wall Street (1987), and Talk Radio (1988). Later, Scalia served as an associate editor on Born on the Fourth of July as well as as an additional editor on The Doors.
