Don Brochu

Donald Brochu is an American film editor.

Career

After assisting in the editing of a Cheech and Chong film in 1981 and 1982, Don Brochu was given an opportunity by Hal Ashby to be in charge of the editing himself. He continued to edit cinematic features throughout the eighties and nineties and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1994. Since the turn of the century he has mainly been editing television films. He has worked with the director Ron Underwood several times and is a frequent collaborator of Kenny Ortega. Don Brochu is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Selected filmography

Editor
Year	Film	Director	Notes
1985	The Slugger's Wife	Hal Ashby
1987	La Bamba	Luis Valdez
Born in East L.A.	Cheech Marin
1988	Mystic Pizza	Donald Petrie	First collaboration with Donald Petrie
1989	Lock Up	John Flynn	First collaboration with John Flynn
1991	Out for Justice	Second collaboration with John Flynn
1992	A Midnight Clear	Keith Gordon
Under Siege	Andrew Davis	First collaboration with Andrew Davis
1993	Beyond the Law	Larry Ferguson
The Fugitive	Andrew Davis	Second collaboration with Andrew Davis
1994	On Deadly Ground	Steven Seagal
1995	The Walking Dead	Preston A. Whitmore II
Steal Big Steal Little	Andrew Davis	Third collaboration with Andrew Davis
1996	Chain Reaction	Fourth collaboration with Andrew Davis
1997	Volcano	Mick Jackson	First collaboration with Mick Jackson
1999	Blast from the Past	Hugh Wilson	First collaboration with Hugh Wilson
Dudley Do-Right	Second collaboration with Hugh Wilson
2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Mick Jackson	Third collaboration with Mick Jackson
2003	The Medallion	Gordon Chan
2005	In the Mix	Ron Underwood	First collaboration with Ron Underwood
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Kenny Ortega	First collaboration with Kenny Ortega
Christmas Cottage	Michael Campus
2015	Yellow Day	Carl Lauten
2017	A Change of Heart	Kenny Ortega	Fifth collaboration with Kenny Ortega

Editorial department
Year	Film	Director	Role
1981	Nice Dreams	Tommy Chong	Assistant editor
1982	Things Are Tough All Over	Thomas K. Avildsen	Assistant film editor
Tootsie	Sydney Pollack	Assistant editor	First collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Lamont Johnson
1984	Against All Odds	Taylor Hackford
1985	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack	Second collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1988	Alien Nation	Graham Baker	Additional editor

Thanks
Year	Film	Director	Role
1997	Spawn	Mark A.Z. Dippé	Thanks

Documentaries

Editor
Year	Film	Director	Notes
2009	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Kenny Ortega	Second collaboration with Kenny Ortega

TV movies

Editor
Year	Film	Director	Notes
1989	Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White	Lawrence Schiller
1990	Turner & Hooch	Donald Petrie	Second collaboration with Donald Petrie
2000	Ready to Run	Duwayne Dunham	First collaboration with Duwayne Dunham
2001	A Glimpse of Hell	Mikael Salomon
2004	10.5	John Lafia
Tiger Cruise	Duwayne Dunham	Second collaboration with Duwayne Dunham
2006	Holiday in Handcuffs	Ron Underwood	Second collaboration with Ron Underwood
Santa Baby	Third collaboration with Ron Underwood
2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning	Robert Berlinger
2008	The American Mall	Shawn Ku
2009	My Fake Fiancé	Gil Junger	First collaboration with Gil Junger
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe	Ron Underwood	Fourth collaboration with Ron Underwood
2010	Beauty & the Briefcase	Gil Junger	Second collaboration with Gil Junger
Christmas Cupid	Third collaboration with Gil Junger
2011	Teen Spirit	Fourth collaboration with Gil Junger
The Bling Ring	Michael Lembeck
Deck the Halls	Ron Underwood	Fifth collaboration with Ron Underwood
2012	The Mistle-Tones	Paul Hoen	First collaboration with Paul Hoen
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Bryce Dallas Howard Laura Dern Sharon Maguire Bonnie Hunt Ashley Judd
2014	How to Build a Better Boy	Paul Hoen	Third collaboration with Paul Hoen
2015	Descendants	Kenny Ortega	Third collaboration with Kenny Ortega
2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Fourth collaboration with Kenny Ortega
2017	Descendants 2	Sixth collaboration with Kenny Ortega
2019	Descendants 3	Seventh collaboration with Kenny Ortega

Editorial department
Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1999	Tuesdays with Morrie	Mick Jackson	Additional editor	Second collaboration with Mick Jackson
2014	Cloud 9	Paul Hoen	Second collaboration with Paul Hoen

TV series

Editor
Year	Title	Notes
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	2 episodes
2020	Julie and the Phantoms	5 episodes

Awards

66th Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Film Editing - The Fugitive (nominated)
1994: British Academy Film Award Best Editing - The Fugitive (nominated)
American Cinema Editors Eddie Award 1994 - The Fugitive (nominated) Eddie Award 2010 - Michael Jackson's This Is It (nominated)

External links

at IMDb