Justine Wright

Justine Wright is a film editor from Wellington, New Zealand. ^[1]

In 2000, the film One Day in September , which Wright had edited, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary. ^{[2] [3]} She also won the Best Newcomer Behind the Camera award at the British Independent Film Awards for the same film. ^[4]

In 2014, Wright won the European Editor of the Year Award at the European Film Awards. ^[5] In 2016, she was co-winner (with Noam Amit) at the Jerusalem Film Festival of the Haggiag Award for Best Editing for her work in Forever Pure. ^[6]

Filmography

• One Day in September (1999) - won Best Documentary at the 72nd Academy Awards
• Late Night Shopping (2001) ^[7] - won a BAFTA (Scotland) Best Feature Film award
• The Game of Their Lives (2002) ^[7] - won Best Sports Documentary at the British Television Awards
• The Final Curtain (2002)
• Touching the Void (2003) ^[4]
• The Last King of Scotland (2006) ^[7]
• State of Play (2009) ^[5]
• The Eagle (2011) ^[7]
• The Iron Lady (2011) ^[7]
• Locke (2013) ^[8]
• Black Sea (2014)
• The Pass (2016)
• Forever Pure (2016)
• Denial (2016)
• Yardie (2018)
• The Mauritanian (2021)
• We Live in Time (2024)

References

1. JACOBSON, JULIE (July 20, 2010). "Born to live an unconventional life" . Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. Linden, Sheri (2000-09-08). "One Day in September". Variety. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
3. "Justine Wright Nominated For Oscar - Arts, Film & TV, News - NZEDGE". www.nzedge.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
4. Noted. "Enough rope - The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
5. "Justine Wright | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
6. "2016 Award Winners". Jerusalem Film Festival. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
7. "Justine Wright | British Arrows". British Arrows. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
8. "European Film Academy : Editing / Justine Wright". www.europeanfilmacademy.org (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-29.

Further reading

• Morris, Peter (September 17, 2012). "Justine Wright: Editor". An appreciation of Wright and her collaboration with Kevin MacDonald written by filmmaker Peter H. Morris.