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'''Duwayne Robert Dunham''' (born November 17, 1952) is an American [[Film director|director]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviewers/Dunham.aspx|title=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviewers/Dunham.aspx|website=dga.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> and [[Film editor|editor]] of film and television,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.provideocoalition.com/AOTC-TWIN-PEAKS|title=ART OF THE CUT with "TWIN PEAKS" editor DuWayne Dunham by Steve Hullfish - ProVideo Coalition|last=Coalition|first=ProVideo|date=2017-10-23|work=ProVideo Coalition|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/duwayne-dunham-1ba218a}}</ref> as well as an Adjunctadjunct Professorprofessor at the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=30402&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=/production/faculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=1|title=USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile|website=cinema.usc.edu|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> He is best known for his collaborations with [[George Lucas]] and [[David Lynch]], serving as editor on ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' and ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://titanmagazines.com/t/star-wars-insider/features/featured/duwayne-dunham/|title=Duwayne Dunham: In Pursuit Of Perfection {{!}} News & Features {{!}} Star Wars Insider @ Titan Magazines|website=titanmagazines.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsoundconsequence.net/tag/duwayne-dunham/|title=Duwayne Dunham {{!}} Consequence of Sound|website=consequenceofsoundconsequence.net|language=en|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> He subsequently directed the films ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' and ''[[Little Giants]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-21/entertainment/-ca-29582_1_director29582-duwayne-dunhamstory.html|title=PEEWEES' PLAYHOUSE : New Quarterback Takes 'Little Giants' Toward Goal|authorfirst=Judy |last=Brennan|date=1994-08-21|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdateaccess-date=2012-07-16}}</ref> and numerous television films for the [[Disney Channel]] including ''[[Halloweentown (film)|Halloweentown]]'', ''[[The Thirteenth Year]]'', ''[[Ready to Run (film)|Ready to Run]]'', ''[[Right on Track]]'', and ''[[Tiger Cruise (film)|Tiger Cruise]]''. In 2018, he reunited with Lynch to edit all 18 episodes of the ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks: The Return]]'' revival series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/news/duwayne-dunham-editor-new-twin-peaks/|title=Emmy Award-Winning Editor Duwayne Dunham Returns To Twin Peaks: "It's A Big Show [And] I'm Back In The Editor's Chair With David Lynch"|date=2015-12-21|work=Welcome to Twin Peaks|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2018, he reunited with Lynch to edit all 18 episodes of the ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks: The Return]]'' revival series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/news/duwayne-dunham-editor-new-twin-peaks/|title=Emmy Award-Winning Editor Duwayne Dunham Returns To Twin Peaks: "It's A Big Show [And] I'm Back In The Editor's Chair With David Lynch"|date=2015-12-21|work=Welcome to Twin Peaks|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref> During the 1978 San Anselmo Country Fair in [[San Anselmo, CACalifornia]], Dunham became the first person to portray ''[[Star Wars]]'' bounty hunter [[Boba Fett]], in the character's public debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-real-first-appearance-of-boba-fett/|title=THE REAL FIRST APPEARANCE OF BOBA FETT|website=Star Wars|publisher=Lucasfilm Ltd.|accessdateaccess-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> Dunham had previously filmed a screen test of the Boba Fett costume.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yF5HFFcv8E|title=Meet Boba Fett: Initial 1978 Boba Fett Costume Screentest|website=YouTube|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>

|Co-editoredited by [[Tina Hirsch]]

|''[[Tiger Cruise (film)|Tiger Cruise]]''

|''[[Now You See It...]]''

|18 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/read/author-barry-gifford-is-americas-offbeat-dostovesky|title=I was talking about this the other day with Duwayne Dunham, the editor who's now working with David Lynch on the Twin Peaks redux|author=J. W. McCormack|date=2015-12-04|work=Vice|accessdateaccess-date=2015-12-04}}</ref>

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