Joe Bini (born Giuseppe Gaetano Bini; 1963) is an American film editor.
Life and career Bini, who lives in London, was born in San Mateo, California to Aurora Cerro Bini and Louis John Bini. As a film editor, he has collaborated with Werner Herzog on twenty-seven documentaries and feature films in twenty years, including: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), Invincible (2001), Grizzly Man (2005), Rescue Dawn (2007), and Encounters at the End of the World (2007), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Bini was a member of the Jury in the Documentary category for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. He also won the 2008 Documentary Editing Award for editing Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. For co-writing and editing the documentary film Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008), Bini won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming and received a nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.
Bini edited Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) for BBC Films and Independent and was awarded Prix Vulcain de L'Artiste-Technicien, Special Distinction at 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
He edited American Honey (2016) by Andrea Arnold and Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here (2017). Bini was also an editor for the Peabody Award-winning documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshedhttps://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/all-the-beauty-and-the-bloodshed/ that was released in 2022.
Personal life He is the father of Elia Bini, of San Francisco, California, whose mother is Caitlin Bini, also in San Francisco. Joe is currently married to filmmaker Maya Hawke.
Filmography
Feature films YearTitleDirector(s)Notes2001InvincibleWerner Herzog2005The Wild Blue Yonder2006Rescue Dawn2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneCo-edited with Omar Daher2011We Need to Talk About KevinLynne Ramsay2015Queen of the DesertWerner Herzog2016Salt and FireAmerican HoneyAndrea Arnold2017You Were Never Really HereLynne Ramsay2024My First FilmZia AngerCo-edited with Matthew HannamBirdAndrea Arnold
Documentaries YearTitleDirector(s)Notes1997Little Dieter Needs to FlyWerner Herzog1999My Best Fiend2003Wheel of Time2004The White Diamond2005Grizzly Man2007Encounters at the End of the World2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredMarina Zenovich2010The Tillman StoryAmir Bar-LevCo-edited with Joshua Altman and Gabriel RhodesAll That GlittersTomas KudrnaCave of Forgotten DreamsWerner HerzogCo-edited with Maya HawkeHappy People: A Year in the TaigaWerner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov2011Into the AbyssWerner Herzog2012On Death RowTV documentary series2013Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin LadenGreg BarkerTV documentary2014Tales of the Grim SleeperNick Broomfield2016Into the InfernoWerner Herzog2022All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura PoitrasCo-edited with Amy Foote and Brian A. Kates2025RemakeRoss McElwee
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