Matt Chessé
Matthew Burke Chessé (born October 27, 1965 in San Francisco , California ) is an American film editor .
Life
Matthew Burke Chessé grew up in a family of painters, puppeteers, and stage actors in the San Francisco Bay Area . Originally, he wanted to be a writer, so he graduated from San Francisco State University in English literature and acting. Since he was already working in film during his college days, he then received an invitation from Peter Kagan to edit industrial and advertising films for him at Stiefel and Co. Thereby he got to know the editor Lauren Zuckerman , for whom he later worked, before he got to know the German-Swiss director Marc Forster and for the first time directed a film editing of his drama Everything Put Together independently . With their third joint film, the literary adaptation When dreams learn to fly , Chessé received an Oscar nomination for Best Editing in 2005 . He then edited six more films for Forster : Stay , Weird As Fiction and Kite Runner and James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace , Machine Gun Preacher and World War Z. Another collaboration followed in 2018 with Christopher Robin .
In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1997: Bongwater (assistant editor)
- 2000: Everything Put Together
- 2001: Monster's Ball
- 2004: When Dreams Learn to Fly (Finding Neverland)
- 2005: Ellie Parker
- 2005: Stay
- 2006: Stranger Than Fiction (Stranger than Fiction)
- 2007: The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner)
- 2008: James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
- 2011: Machine Gun Preacher
- 2011: Warrior
- 2013: World War Z
- 2014: The Best of Me - Mein Weg zu dir ( The Best of Me )
- 2016: Money Monster
- 2018: Christopher Robin
Award (selection)
- 2008 : Nomination for Best Editing with James Bond 007: Quantum of Consolation
- 2011: Nomination for the best cut with Warrior
Web links
- Matt Chesse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matt Chesse on radaris.com (English), accessed 26 January 2012
- ↑ Matt Chessé on familytreelegends.com (English), accessed on November 13, 2012
- ↑ Stranger than Fiction, Production notes ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2008 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 220 kB) at visualhollywood.com (English), accessed on January 26, 2012
- ↑ Erika Latta: License to Cut: Editor Matt Chessé on Quantum of Solace ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on moviemaker.com November 13, 2008, accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chessé, Matt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chessé, Matthew Burke (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California, United States |