Jason Ballantine

Jason Ballantine

Editor. Born 1 January 1970 in Australia.

EditorAustralian
2
Titles on Fi1m
54
Average Fi1m score
Born
1 January 1970, Australia
Active
2023–present

Biography

Jason Ballantine is an Australian film editor. He began his career in Australia and has worked extensively in Los Angeles since the mid-2010s.

Ballantine edited It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), both directed by Andy Muschietti. He co-edited The Flash (2023) with Paul Machliss and Ballerina (2025). Other credits include The Great Gatsby (2013), The King's Man (2021) and The Guilty (2021).

He served as president of the Australian Screen Editors guild from 2010 to 2013. Ballantine was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Editing for Wolf Creek (2005) and was inducted into the American Cinema Editors in 2019.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Jason Ballantine is known for It (2017), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Great Gatsby (2013), It Chapter Two (2019), Happy Feet (2006), The King's Man (2021), The Longest Ride (2015) and Dark City (1998).