Craig Wood is an Australian film editor working in America.
Born in Sydney, Wood began his career at the age of 19 as an assistant editor in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary department before moving into music video and advertising work.
He has worked as an editor on almost all of director Gore Verbinski’s films, including the 1996 short film The Ritual, as well as on over a dozen Verbinski-directed commercials, including the Clio Awards and Silver Lion-winning Budweiser "Frogs" (1995).
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds | Alex Proyas | ||
| 1994 | The Crow | Additional editor | ||
| 1997 | Mouse Hunt | Gore Verbinski | ||
| 1999 | Forces of Nature | Bronwen Hughes | ||
| 2001 | The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | ||
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Randall Wallace | Additional film editor | |
| Highway | James Cox | |||
| The Ring | Gore Verbinski | |||
| 2003 | Co-edited with Arthur Schmidt and Stephen Rivkin ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical | |||
| 2005 | The Weather Man | |||
| 2006 | Co-edited with Stephen Rivkin Nominated — Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical | |||
| 2007 | Co-edited with Stephen Rivkin Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical | |||
| 2008 | Never Back Down | Jeff Wadlow | Additional editor | |
| The Burning Plain | Guillermo Arriaga | |||
| 2009 | The Road | John Hillcoat | Additional editor | |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | ACE Eddie for Best Edited Animated Feature Film Annie Award for Best Editing in a Feature Production | |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Co-edited with James Haygood | ||
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Matt Shakman | Co-edited with Carol Littleton (uncredited) | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn | Co-edited with Fred Raskin and Hughes Winborne Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Editing Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Nominated — HPA Awards for Outstanding Editing - Feature Film | ||
| 2015 | Tomorrowland | Brad Bird | Co-edited with Walter Murch | |
| 2016 | The Great Wall | Zhang Yimou | Co-edited with Mary Jo Markey | |
| A Cure for Wellness | Gore Verbinski | Additional editor | ||
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | James Gunn | Co-edited with Fred Raskin | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | Co-edited with Dan Lebental | |
| 2019 | Joachim Rønning | Co-edited with Laura Jennings | ||
| 2021 | Eternals | Chloé Zhao | Co-edited with Dylan Tichenor | |
| 2024 | Kraven the Hunter | J.C. Chandor |