Chris Dickens

Chris Dickens
Born	February 1967 California, United States^[citation needed]
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.

Chris went to Hailsham Community College in his teenage years and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 1990.^[1] 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
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
2017	The Man with the Iron Heart	Cédric Jimenez
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	Josie Rourke
2019	Rocketman	Dexter Fletcher
2022	My Policeman	Michael Grandage

References

1. Peters, Oliver. "Interview with Hot Fuzz editor, Chris Dickens". digital films. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
2. Peters, Oliver (22 May 2007). "'Hot Fuzz': Police Raids & Color Grades". Videography. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
3. Caranicas, Peter (10 December 2008). "Time-jumping movies challenge editors". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
4. Potosky, Mallory (29 January 2009). "Chris Dickens Weaves the Tale of A Slumdog Millionaire". Moviemaker. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
5. 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