Chris Dickens (born February 1967) is a British film and television editor. For his work on Slumdog Millionaire (2008), directed by Danny Boyle, he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic.
Education Chris went to Hailsham Community College in his teenage years and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 1990.
Career He worked in television for a number of years, including a stint with the director Edgar Wright on the television series Spaced. Dickens subsequently edited Wright's first feature film, Shaun of the Dead (2004). He worked again with Wright on Hot Fuzz (2007).
Dickens' editing of Slumdog Millionaire has been discussed by several critics. Peter Caranicas wrote, "'Slumdog' has a complex structure that interweaves three story strands into a single braid, yielding a rich, almost fugal narrative." In May 2017, after over three months of shooting, Dickens was replaced as the editor of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018.
Selected filmography Year Title Director Notes2002 Sirens Nick Laughland Cruise of the Gods Declan Lowney Lenny Blue Andy Wilson 2003 Hello Friend Graham Linehan2004 Seed of Chucky Don Mancini Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright 2005 Goal! Danny Cannon 2006 Gone Ringan Ledwidge 2007 Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright2008 A Complete History of My Sexual Failures Chris Waitt Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle Academy Award for Best Film EditingBAFTA Award for Best EditingAmerican Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – DramaticNominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing 2009 Free Agents Richard Laxton 2010 Submarine Richard Ayoade 2011 Paul Greg Mottola2012 Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland Les Misérables Tom Hooper Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing2013 Wizard's Way Metal Man The Double Richard Ayoade Co-editor 2014 Suite Française Saul Dibb 2015 Macbeth Justin Kurzel 2016 Genius Michael Grandage Dying Laughing Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood Co-editor 2017 The Man with the Iron Heart Cédric Jimenez2018 A Dark Place Simon Fellows Co-editor Mary Queen of Scots Josie Rourke 2019 Rocketman Dexter Fletcher 2020 Small Axe Steve McQueen Anthology film series; co-editor 2022 My Policeman Michael Grandage 2023 We Dare to Dream Waad Al-Kateab Documentary2024 Timestalker Alice Lowe The Crow Rupert Sanders 2026 Project Hail Mary Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Co-editor TBA Stuffed Theo Rhys Post-production
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