Richard Pearson is an American editor who is well-known for working predominantly in Hollywood. He made his debut with editing one episode of the 1993 television series South Beach. After being a part of various television series` he became associated with the feature film Muppets in Space in 1999. From there, he went on to edit popular films like Scary Movie 2 (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Quantum of Solace (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Maleficent (2014), The Accountant (2016), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Justice League (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).