Bateman, Michael John 1947- (Michael Bateman, Michael J. Bateman)

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Bateman, Michael John 1947- (Michael Bateman, Michael J. Bateman)

PERSONAL

Born January 14, 1947.

Career:

Film editor and director. Worked as assistant film editor and associate film editor, dialog and vocal effects editor, sound designer and sound editor and supervisor, and as unit director and production manager, sometimes as Michael Bateman or Michael J. Bateman.

Awards, Honors:

Leo Award nomination, best editing in a dramatic series, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, 1999, for Dead Man's Gun; Leo Award nomination, best picture editing in a dramatic series, 2000, for "Three for the Road," Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy; Leo Award nomination, best picture editing in a dramatic series, 2001, for "Demons of the Night," The Immortal; Gemini Award nomination, best picture editing in a comedy, variety, or performing arts program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and Leo Award nomination, best picture editing for a feature-length drama, both 2002, for The Overcoat; Leo Award nomination, best editing, 2003, for Flower & Garnet; Leo Award nomination (with others), best overall sound documentary program and series, 2004, for Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye.

CREDITS

Film Editor:

Sahara, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

Nomads, Atlantic Releasing, 1986.

(Uncredited) Retribution, Taurus Entertainment, 1988.

(As Michael Bateman) Night Life (also known as Campus Spirits), RCA/Columbia, 1989.

U.F.O., 1993.

Mi amigo, Azalea Film, 2002.

Flower & Garnet (also known as Flower et Garnet), Odeon Films, 2002.

Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye (documentary), 2003.

The Wild Guys, MVP Entertainment, 2004.

(As Michael J. Bateman) Submerged, Nu Image, 2005.

The Score, Screen Siren Pictures, 2005.

Film Director:

Lies like Truth, 2004.

Television Film Editor; Series:

L.A. Law, NBC, 1989.

Press Gang, ITV, multiple episodes, between 1990 and 1992.

Murder Most Horrid, BBC1, 1991.

My Good Friend, ITV, 1996.

Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1997-98.

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, CBC, 1998.

The Immortal, syndicated, 2000.

Tom Stone (also known as Stone Undercover), CBC, 2002.

Television Film Editor; Miniseries:

Berlin Break, 1992.

(Contributor) Kingdom Hospital (also known as Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital"), ABC, 2004.

Television Film Editor; Movies:

Love Bites, BBC2, 1994.

The Rites of Mu, KLF, 1994.

To Hear Her Name, WTN, 1995.

Hostile Force (also known as The Heist and Alarm fuer Security 13), 1996.

Exception to the Rule (also known as Nach gefaehrlichen regeln), HBO, 1997.

(As Michael J. Bateman) Profile for Murder, Prism Entertainment Group, 1997.

Luna: Spirit of the Whale, 2007.

Television Film Editor; Specials:

Stand-up Samurais, 2001.

The Overcoat, CBC, 2001.

Television Film Editor; Episodic:

"Pandas," Champions of the Wild, 1998.

"Swift Foxes," Champions of the Wild, 1998.

"Family Reunion," So Weird, Disney Channel, 1999.

"Tulpa," So Weird, Disney Channel, 1999.

Television Film Editor; Other:

Shrinks, 1990.

Final Days of Planet Earth, Hallmark Channel, 2006.

A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, Lifetime, 2006.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Home Is the Hero," Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, CBC, 1999.

"The Oath," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1999.

"The Seven Deadly Sins," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1999.

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