Lesley Walker

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Lesley Walker is a British film and television editor with more than thirty feature film credits. [1] She came into prominence in the 1980s, when she "developed a fast and snappy editing style in the decade, with A Letter to Brezhnev (1985), Mona Lisa , Cry Freedom (1987), and Shirley Valentine ." [2] She has worked extensively with directors Terry Gilliam [3] and Richard Attenborough. [4]

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Walker's work has been honored by nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing (Mona Lisa (1986) and Cry Freedom (1987)), for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing ( Tideland (2005)), and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award ( Mamma Mia! (2008)).

Feature films as editor

Filmography based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database. [1] The director is indicated in parentheses.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Walker at IMDb.
  2. ↑ Harper, Sue (2000). Women in British Cinema. Continuum International. p. 231. ISBN   978-0-8264-4733-3.
  3. ↑ Marks, Peter (2009). Terry Gilliam. Manchester University Press. pp. 138, 175, 205, 230. ISBN   978-0-7190-7032-7.
  4. ↑ Perkins, Roy; Martin Stollery (2004). "Lesley Walker". British film editors: the heart of the movie. British Film Institute. pp. 114–115. ISBN   978-1-84457-007-2.
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