Duwayne Dunham

Duwayne Robert Dunham (born November 17, 1952) is an American director^[1] and editor of film and television,^[2][3] as well as an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.^[4] He is best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and David Lynch, serving as editor on Return of the Jedi and Blue Velvet.^[5] After being hired for Lynch's series Twin Peaks, he was promoted to director and made his debut with the second episode of the series.^[6] He subsequently directed the films Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and Little Giants,^[7] and numerous television films for the Disney Channel including Halloweentown, The Thirteenth Year, Ready to Run, Right on Track, and Tiger Cruise. In 2018, he reunited with Lynch to edit all 18 episodes of the Twin Peaks: The Return revival series.^[8]

Duwayne Dunham
Born	Duwayne Robert Dunham (1952-11-17) November 17, 1952 (age 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director Television director Film editor Academic
Known for	Return of the Jedi Blue Velvet Twin Peaks Halloweentown Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Title	Adjunct Professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts

During the 1978 San Anselmo Country Fair in San Anselmo, California, Dunham became the first person to portray Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett in the character's public debut.^[9] Dunham had previously filmed a screen test of the Boba Fett costume.^[10]

For his work on Twin Peaks, Dunham won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1990.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Editor	Director	Writer	Notes
1977	Three Warriors	Assist.			Edited by Bonnie Koehler
	Star Wars	Assist.			Edited by Paul Hirsch, Richard Chew & Marcia Lucas
1979	Apocalypse Now	Assist.			Edited by Richard Marks, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman & Walter Murch
	More American Graffiti	Yes			Co-edited by Tina Hirsch
	The Black Stallion	Assist.			Edited by Robert Dalva
1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Assist.			Edited by Paul Hirsch
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Assist.			Edited by Michael Kahn
	Dragonslayer	Assist.			Edited by Tony Lawson
1983	Return of the Jedi	Yes			Co-editor with Sean Barton & Marcia Lucas
1985	The Mean Season	Yes
1986	Blue Velvet	Yes			1st collaboration with David Lynch
1987	Cherry 2000	Yes			Co-editor with Edward M. Abroms
1987	Throw Momma from the Train	Addtl.			Edited by Michael Jablow
1988	Fright Night Part 2	Addtl.			Edited by Jay Cassidy
1989	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Addtl.			Edited by Larry Bock & Patrick Rand
1990	Wild at Heart	Yes
1993	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Yes	Yes		Directorial Debut
1994	Little Giants		Yes
2011	K-11	Yes
	That First Glide	Yes	Yes	Yes	Documentary film Co-director with Mike Waltze
2017	Spreading Darkness	Yes			Co-editor with Josh Eisenstadt & Mathias Hilger
2020	The Turning	Yes
	The Happy Worker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Editor	Director	Notes
1990-91	Twin Peaks	Yes	Yes	Editor - 2 episodes Director - 3 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
1995-97	JAG		Yes	2 episodes
1996	7th Heaven		Yes	2 episodes
1998	Halloweentown	Yes	Yes	Television film
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction		Yes	7 episodes
1999	The Thirteenth Year		Yes	Television film
	Santa and Pete		Yes
2000	Ready to Run		Yes
2002	Double Teamed		Yes
2003	Right on Track		Yes
2004	Tiger Cruise		Yes	Television film Nominated- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs
2005	Now You See It...		Yes	Television film
2010-11	Star Wars: The Clone Wars		Yes	2 episodes
2017	Twin Peaks: The Return	Yes		18 episodes[11] Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series