Joe Walker (film editor)
Joe Walker is a British film editor .
Life
Walker began working in film in the late 1980s, first as a sound designer ( sound editor ). In the mid-1990s he switched to film editing and was mainly involved in television series and films until the 2000s.
The 2008 film Hunger marked the first collaboration with director Steve McQueen . Shame followed in 2011, and two years later they made their third film together, 12 Years a Slave .
Occasionally he is also active as a composer of film music, for example in 2004 for the television film Dirty War .
In 2012 , Walker won the European Film Award in the Best Editing category for Shame . There was also a nomination for the British Independent Film Awards 2011 .
For his work on 12 Years a Slave , Walker was nominated for various film awards, including an Oscar in the category Best Editing in 2014 . He received another Oscar nomination for the science fiction film Arrival (2016).
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Sword of Honor
- 2002: Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago)
- 2003: Eroica - The day that changed music forever
- 2005: Elizabeth I - The Virgin Queen (The Virgin Queen)
- 2008: The Escapist - Get out of hell (The Escapist)
- 2008: hunger
- 2009: Harry Brown
- 2010: Brighton Rock
- 2011: Life in a Day - A day on our earth (Life in a Day)
- 2011: Shame
- 2013: 12 Years a Slave
- 2013: Last Passenger
- 2015: Blackhat
- 2015: Sicario
- 2016: Arrival
- 2017: Blade Runner 2049
- 2018: Widows - Deadly widows (Widows)
Web links
- Joe Walker at the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Walker, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |