Background
Rouse was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Russell Rouse, was a writer, director and producer. His mother was actress Beverly Michaels.
Rouse was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Russell Rouse, was a writer, director and producer. His mother was actress Beverly Michaels.
In the 1980s, Rouse worked as an assistant editor on numerous films, commencing with All Summer in a Day (1982). His first editing cr was for Desperate Hours (1992), which was directed by Michael Cimino. Much of Rouse"s work in the 1990s was for television
Rouse has worked on five films with director Paul Greengrass.
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) was their first collaboration. Rouse had previously been an "additional editor" on the initial film in the Bourne series, The Bourne Identity (2002), that had been directed by Doug Liman.
Frank Marshall, who co-produced the Bourne series, recommended Rouse to Greengrass. He edited Greengrass" 2010 film Green Zone.
Several interviews of Rouse have been published where he discusses the editing of Greengrass" films.
Greengrass is noted for a "cinéma vérité" style of filmmaking that uses several handheld cameras, and that creates opportunities for innovative editing. Ellen Feldman has written a detailed analysis of the editing of United 93. David Bordwell has discussed this aspect of the films as a further extension of "intensified continuity", which is a perspective on filmmaking that Bordwell has been developing for some years.
2008 Won: Academy Award for Best Film Editing - The Bourne Ultimatum Won: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards Best Edited Feature Film - The Bourne Ultimatum Won: American Council on Exercise Eddie Best Edited Film - Drama - The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Nominated: Academy Award for Film Editing - United 93 Won: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Editing - United 93 Nominated: American Council on Exercise Eddie Best Edited Film - Drama - United 93 Won: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing - United 93 2006 Won: San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing - United 93 2001 Nominated: Emmy Award - Anne Frank: The Whole Story.
Rouse has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.
