We are pleased to announce that this year's Special Plus Camerimage Award to Editor With Unique Visual Sensitivity will go to Chris Lebenzon.
Chris Lebenzon
Chris Lebenzon is a film editor with an impressive filmography in
a diverse range of genres, from action/adventure and drama to film
musicals and animation.
Lebenzon is the winner of the American Association of Editors Eddie Award 2008 for his work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street directed by Tim Burton. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on director Tony Scott's Crimson Tide and Scott's classic film Top Gun.
The recipient of our special prize has edited all the movies directed by
Tim Burton since 1991. Lebenzon made eleven production with him
including so stylistically and visually different movies like Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Planet of the Apes, Corps bride, and Alice in Wonderland.
Chris has also been working for years with director Tony Scott. They
have just completed the soon to be released action thriller Unstoppable.
Chris has teamed up many times with award-winning producer Jerry Bruckheimer, working with him on such films as Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor and Armageddon, Dominic Sena's Gone in Sixty Seconds, and Simon West's Con Air. and Tony Scott's Days of thunder or Enemy of the State.
Chris Lebenzon collecting Eddie Award
Chris Lebenzon is now one of the most important film editors. His work
directly influences the artistic imagination of the audience around the
world and serves as an example of how an original film narrative can be
conducted.
Chris Lebenzon will attend Plus Camerimage and will meet with the
festival audience. Chris will also make a special presentation of his
work on Alice in Wonderland (from storyboards, through editing the dailies, to final cut of the film).
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
21.10.2010 | Plus Camerimage's blog
Cat. : Academy Awards Alice in Wonderland American Cinema Editors animation Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Planet of the Apes, Corps CAMERIMAGE Camerimage Award Chocolate Factory Chris Lebenzon Chris Lebenzon Cinema of the United States Dan Mindel Dante Spinotti Dariusz Wolski Dariusz Wolski David Tattersall Dean Semler Director Dominic Sena Donald Thorin editor Emmanuel Lubezki Film Gerry Fisher Hugh Johnson Human Interest Human Interest Jeffrey L. Kimball Jerry Bruckheimer John Hughes John Schwartzman Martin Brest Matthew F. Leonetti Michael Bay Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor Michael Lehmann Michael Wadleigh Paul Cameron Pearl Harbour Person Career Pete Kozachik Peter Suschitzky Philippe Rousselot Producer Rob Cohen Simon West Stefan Czapsky Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street the American Association of Editors Eddie Award Tim Burton Tim Burton Tobias Schliessler Tony Scott Top Gun Unique Visual Sensitivity Ward Russell FESTIVALS