Christopher Greenbury

Christopher Greenbury (September 24, 1951 – January 4, 2007) was an English film editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1979's The Muppet Movie.[1] With Tariq Anwar, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for American Beauty (1999), which he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.[2] American Beauty is a serious drama, but in general Greenbury edited comedy films, including six directed by the Farrelly brothers commencing with 1994's Dumb and Dumber.

Greenbury was a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).[3]

Filmography

Based on Greenbury's filmography at the Internet Database.[2] The director and release date of each film are indicated in parentheses.

Editor

Year Film Director Notes
1979 Survival Run Larry Spiegel
The Muppet Movie James Frawley
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Art Linson
1981 Liar's Moon David Fisher
1982 Some Kind of Hero Michael Pressman First collaboration with Michael Pressman
1983 Doctor Detroit Second collaboration with Michael Pressman
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 Dick Lowry
1984 The Woman in Red Gene Wilder Third collaboration with Gene Wilder
1985 The Heavenly Kid Cary Medoway
1986 Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder Fourth collaboration with Gene Wilder
1987 Three for the Road Bill L. Norton
1989 Options Camilo Vila
1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker
1992 Live Wire Christian Duguay
1993 Loaded Weapon 1 Gene Quintano
1994 Frank and Jesse Robert Boris
Dumb and Dumber Peter Farrelly First collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
1995 The Baby-Sitters Club Melanie Mayron
1996 Bio-Dome Jason Bloom
Kingpin Farrelly brothers Second collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
1997 Booty Call Jeff Pollack First collaboration with Jeff Pollack
1998 There's Something About Mary Farrelly brothers Third collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
1999 Lost & Found Jeff Pollack Second collaboration with Jeff Pollack
American Beauty Sam Mendes
2000 Me, Myself & Irene Farrelly brothers Fourth collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
2001 Serendipity Peter Chelsom
Shallow Hal Farrelly brothers Fifth collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
2003 View from the Top Bruno Barreto
Daddy Day Care Steve Carr
Stuck on You Farrelly brothers Sixth collaboration with the Farrelly brothers
2005 The Pacifier Adam Shankman First collaboration with Adam Shankman
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2006 Gettin' It Nick Gaitatjis
2007 Wild Hogs Walt Becker Posthumous release

Editorial department

Year Film Director Role Notes
1973 The Sex Thief Martin Campbell Assistant editor
1975 The Day of the Locust John Schlesinger
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Gene Wilder First collaboration with Gene Wilder
1977 The World's Greatest Lover Supervising editor Second collaboration with Gene Wilder
1979 On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
1981 Chu Chu and the Philly Flash David Lowell Rich Additional editor
2001 Say It Isn't So J. B. Rogers Editorial consultant

Actor

Year Film Director Role
1985 The Heavenly Kid Cary Medoway Man with Hot Dog
1987 Three for the Road Bill L. Norton Walter

Producer

Year Film Director Credit
1977 The World's Greatest Lover Gene Wilder Co-producer
1987 Three for the Road Bill L. Norton Associate producer

Thanks

Year Film Director Role Notes
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Farrelly brothers Dedicated to Seventh collaboration with the Farrelly brothers

Editing award nominations for American Beauty

In addition to winning the BAFTA, the editors of American Beauty were also nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing, an ACE Eddie Award, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award and the Satellite Award.

References

  1. ^ "Passages" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Editors' Guild Magazine Vol. 28, No. 2, March–April 2007. Online version retrieved July 12, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Christopher Greenbury at IMDb
  3. ^ Archived May 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on March 4, 2008.

Further reading

  • Greenbury, Christopher; Anwar, Tariq (March–April 2000). "Nominees for Best Achievement in Film Editing". Editors Guild Magazine. Motion Picture Editors Guild. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014. Greenbury and Anwar reflect on the editing of American Beauty, for which they had been nominated for the Academy Award. Greenbury was the original editor of the film, but left it for another commitment; Anwar then finished the editing.