Christopher Tellefsen

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Christopher Tellefsen
BornApril 11th, 1957
Occupation Film editor
Years active1986–present

Christopher Tellefsen (born 1957) is an American film editor.

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In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the film Moneyball . [1]

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Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1989 Metropolitan Whit Stillman First collaboration with Whit Stillman
1990Revolution! Jeff Kahn
1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard Jeff Stanzler
1993 Darkness in Tallinn Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
1994 Barcelona Whit Stillman
1995 Kids Larry Clark
Smoke Wayne Wang First collaboration with Wayne Wang
Blue in the Face
1996 Flirting with Disaster David O. Russell First collaboration with David O. Russell
The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman First collaboration with Miloš Forman
1997 Gummo Harmony Korine
Chinese Box Wayne Wang
1998 Legionnaire Peter MacDonald
1999 Analyze This Harold Ramis
Man on the Moon Miloš Forman
2001 Birthday Girl Jez Butterworth
2002 Changing Lanes Roger Michell
2003 The Human Stain Robert Benton
2004 The Village M. Night Shyamalan
2005 Capote Bennett Miller First collaboration with Bennett Miller
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel
2007 Perfect Stranger James Foley
2008 The Yellow Handkerchief Udayan Prasad
2009 The Rebound Bart Freundlich
2010 Fair Game Doug Liman
2011 Moneyball Bennett Miller
2014 The Drop Michaël R. Roskam
2015 True Story Rupert Goold
Joy David O. Russell
2016 Assassin's Creed Justin Kurzel
2018 A Quiet Place John Krasinski
2019 Light of My Life Casey Affleck
The Kitchen Andrea Berloff
2021 The Many Saints of Newark Alan Taylor
2022 The Menu Mark Mylod
2023 Nyad
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleRef.
1986 The Color of Money Martin Scorsese Assistant editor
1987 My Demon Lover Charlie Loventhal
1995 Smoke Wayne WangAdditional editor
2018 Widows Steve McQueen
Music department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1989 Metropolitan Whit StillmanMusic editor
Sound department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1989 Cookie Susan Seidelman Assistant sound editor
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2016 Blood Father Jean-François Richet Special thanks
Documentaries
Editor
YearFilmDirector
2014 Lambert & Stamp James D. Cooper
TV series
Editor
YearTitleNotes
1995American Cinema1 episode

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References

  1. "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". oscars.org. Retrieved September 7, 2014.