Paul Martin Smith

Paul Martin Smith worked with George Lucas for five years at Lucasfilm Ltd. While there, he tested Avid's new developments in its editing software. He was film editor on Mr. Lucas' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. He also edited several The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones telefilms.

His feature credits as film editor include Eric Brevig's Journey to the Center of the Earth, the first digitally shot 3D movie; Renny Harlin's Mindhunters, starring Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Christian Slater, Kathryn Morris and LL Cool J; John Moore's Behind Enemy Lines, starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson; Jim Gillespie's Venom; and Mark Joffe's The MatchMaker, starring Janeane Garofalo. He was consulting editor on Ernest Dickerson's Never Die Alone.

Mr. Smith has edited over 30 documentaries, including "Gunfight USA" for PBS' Frontline and "Cold Spring New Dawn" for PBS' Nova. Also for television, he edited Graeme Campbell's telefilms Country Justice, starring George C. Scott, and Unforgivable, with John Ritter; Syd Macartney's telefilm The Canterville Ghost, starring Patrick Stewart and Neve Campbell; the Hong Kong detective series Yellowthread Street for ITV in the U.K.; and the Amblin Entertainment sci-fi series Earth 2.

Through his career, Mr. Smith has also edited award-winning commercials and music videos; and has been second unit director, first assistant director, and camera operator. He conceived, co-directed, and edited three sequences, including the acclaimed Ice Rings of Tigrin set piece, in the animated feature film Titan A.E.

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