Pearson was born in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and raised in
New Hope, Minnesota. The use of three editors (Douglas, Pearson, and Rouse) on
United 93 was dictated by its short post-production period; less than six months passed between the start of filming and release of the film. Greengrass and Douglas had worked together quite successfully on the film
Bloody Sunday (2002); Greengrass, Pearson, and Rouse had recently finished
The Bourne Supremacy (2004). Despite the accelerated post-production schedule for
United 93, the editing was very successful. Ellen Feldman has written an analysis of the film's editing; she notes that, "
United 93 represents a complex editing feat, with a structure based on parallel cutting combined with an edgy, hyper-cranked "Cinema Verité” style, a style that disorients us but doesn't prevent us from grasping lots of necessary exposition and identifying with many characters." In addition to the BAFTA Award, the editors were also nominated for an
Academy Award for Film Editing and for an
ACE Eddie Award. Pearson has been elected to membership in the
American Cinema Editors. Pearson was an editor of the
James Bond film,
Quantum of Solace (2008), along with
Matt Chessé. He worked on
Safe House (2012). He resides in California. ==Editing credits==