Chris Dickens
Chris Dickens | |
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Born | February 1967 |
Alma mater | Arts University Bournemouth |
Occupation | Film editor |
Chris Dickens (born February, 1967) is a British film and television editor. For his work on Slumdog Millionaire (2008), directed by Danny Boyle, he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic.
Education
Chris went to Hailsham Community College in his teenage years and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 1990.[1]
Career
He worked in television for a number of years, including a stint with the director Edgar Wright on the television series Spaced. Dickens subsequently edited Wright's first feature film, Shaun of the Dead (2004).[2] He worked again with Wright on Hot Fuzz (2007).
Dickens' editing of Slumdog Millionaire has been discussed by several critics.[3][4] Peter Caranicas wrote, "'Slumdog' has a complex structure that interweaves three story strands into a single braid, yielding a rich, almost fugal narrative."[3] In May 2017, after over three months of shooting, Dickens was replaced as the editor of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018.[5]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2002 | Sirens | Nick Laughland | |
Cruise of the Gods | Declan Lowney | ||
Lenny Blue | Andy Wilson | ||
2003 | Hello Friend | Graham Linehan | |
2004 | Seed of Chucky | Don Mancini | |
Shaun of the Dead | Edgar Wright | ||
2005 | Goal! | Danny Cannon | |
2006 | Gone | Ringan Ledwidge | |
2007 | Hot Fuzz | Edgar Wright | |
2008 | A Complete History of My Sexual Failures | Chris Waitt | |
Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | Academy Award for Best Film Editing BAFTA Award for Best Editing American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing | |
2009 | Free Agents | Richard Laxton | |
2010 | Submarine | Richard Ayoade | |
2011 | Paul | Greg Mottola | |
2012 | Berberian Sound Studio | Peter Strickland | |
Les Misérables | Tom Hooper | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing | |
2013 | Wizard's Way | Metal Man | |
The Double | Richard Ayoade | Co-editor | |
2014 | Suite Française | Saul Dibb | |
2015 | Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | |
2016 | Genius | Michael Grandage | |
Dying Laughing | Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood | Co-editor | |
2017 | The Man with the Iron Heart | Cédric Jimenez | |
2018 | A Dark Place | Simon Fellows | Co-editor |
Mary Queen of Scots | Josie Rourke | ||
2019 | Rocketman | Dexter Fletcher | |
2020 | Small Axe | Steve McQueen | Anthology film series; co-editor |
2022 | My Policeman | Michael Grandage | |
2023 | We Dare to Dream | Waad Al-Kateab | Documentary |
2024 | Timestalker | Alice Lowe | |
The Crow | Rupert Sanders |
References
- ^ Peters, Oliver. "Interview with Hot Fuzz editor, Chris Dickens". digital films. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Peters, Oliver (22 May 2007). "'Hot Fuzz': Police Raids & Color Grades". Videography. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^ a b Caranicas, Peter (10 December 2008). "Time-jumping movies challenge editors". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
- ^ Potosky, Mallory (29 January 2009). "Chris Dickens Weaves the Tale of A Slumdog Millionaire". Moviemaker. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
- ^ Masters, Kim (26 June 2017). "'Star Wars' Firing Reveals a Disturbance in the Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links
- Chris Dickens at IMDb
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