In the 1980s, he worked as an assistant editor on numerous films, commencing with All Summer in a Day (1982).
He edited the mini-series Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2002) for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Frank Marshall, who co-produced the Bourne series, recommended Rouse to Greengrass.
Several interviews of Rouse have been published where he discusses the editing of Greengrass's films.
[1][2][3] Greengrass is noted for a "cinéma vérité" style of filmmaking that uses several handheld cameras, and that creates opportunities for innovative editing.