Lesley Walker
Lesley Walkeris 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, withA Letter to Brezhnev(1985),Mona Lisa,Cry Freedom(1987), andShirley Valentine."[2]She has worked extensively with directorsTerry Gilliam[3]andRichard Attenborough.[4]
Walker's work has been honored by nominations for theBAFTA Award for Best Editing(Mona Lisa(1986) andCry Freedom(1987)), for theGenie Award for Best Achievement in Editing(Tideland(2005)), and theAmerican Cinema Editors Eddie Award(Mamma Mia!(2008)).
Feature films as editor
[edit]Filmography based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database.[1]The director is indicated in parentheses.
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(Strick-1977)
- The Tempest(Jarman-1979)
- Eagle's Wing(Harvey-1979)
- Richard's Things(Harvey-1980)
- Letter to Brezhnev(Bernard-1985)
- Mona Lisa(Jordan-1986)
- Winter Flight(Battersby-1986)
- Cry Freedom(Attenborough-1987)
- Buster(Green-1988)
- Shirley Valentine(Gilbert-1989)
- Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming(1990)
- The Fisher King(Gilliam-1991)
- Waterland(Gyllenhaal-1992)
- Shadowlands(Attenborough-1993)
- Born Yesterday(Mandoki-1993)
- Jack and Sarah(Sullivan-1995)
- Emma(McGrath-1996)
- In Love and War(Attenborough-1996)
- Mary Reilly(Frears-1996)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(Gilliam-1998)
- Grey Owl(Attenborough-1999)
- The Body(McCord-2001; with Alain Jakubowicz)
- Nicholas Nickleby(McGrath-2002)
- All or Nothing(Leigh-2002)
- The Sleeping Dictionary(Jenkin-2003)
- The Brothers Grimm(Gilliam-2005)
- Tideland(Gilliam-2005)
- Closing the Ring(Attenborough-2007)
- Mamma Mia!(Lloyd-2008)
- Will(Perry-2011)
- I Am Nasrine(Gharavi-2012; supervising editor withLucia Zucchetti)
- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism(Rowley-2015)
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote(Gilliam-2018)
- Military Wives(Cattaneo-2019)
See also
[edit]- List of film director and editor collaborations(collaboration with Attenborough)
References
[edit]- ^abLesley WalkeratIMDb.
- ^Harper, Sue (2000).Women in British Cinema.Continuum International. p. 231.ISBN978-0-8264-4733-3.
- ^Marks, Peter (2009).Terry Gilliam.Manchester University Press.pp. 138, 175, 205, 230.ISBN978-0-7190-7032-7.
- ^Perkins, Roy; Martin Stollery (2004). "Lesley Walker".British film editors: the heart of the movie.British Film Institute.pp. 114–115.ISBN978-1-84457-007-2.
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