Claire Simpson

Claire Simpson is a British film editor whose work has been honored with an Academy Award (for Oliver Stone's Platoon) and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing for The Constant Gardener. She was mentored by Dede Allen and in turn mentored such notable and renowned Academy Award-winning film editors such as Pietro Scalia, David Brenner, Joe Hutshing and Julie Monroe. She also worked as editor of Oliver Stone's Salvador and Wall Street.

See: Academy Award for Film Editing

Claire Simpson - Quotes about editing

"I think that editing has... to do with architecture and, having built a house recently, I can honestly say that dealing with the plumbing can be as tantalizing as disguising the mechanics of the plot."^[1]
"Cutting rooms are only dark and gloomy places if you make them so. Hard work, educated taste, sharp instincts and a flair for the absurd have been essential to my career as an editor as well as important ingredients for my life. And never underestimate the value of good luck. I know many extraordinarily talented people who have not been lucky enough to win an Academy Award. Don't get me wrong, it was remarkably validating to win. But what really counts is to face every working day with the guts to be honest both with your director and with the material you're working with. If you can't do that, don't take the job."^[1]

Filmography

As film editor

Peace on Borrowed Time (1983) (TV)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Salvador (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Wall Street (1987)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Hell High (1989)
State of Grace (1990)
The Mambo Kings (1992)
Black Beauty (1994)
The Fan (1996)
Without Limits (1998)
Jakob the Liar (1999)
Town & Country (2001)
Possession (2002)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
The Return (2006)
Stop-Loss (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Nine (2009)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

As assistant film editor

Reds (1981)

Academy Award nominations & wins

2006 – The Constant Gardener (nominated) Best Achievement in Film Editing
1987 – Platoon (won) Best Achievement in Film Editing

Other awards and nominations

2006 – The Constant Gardener (nominated) ACE Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film, Dramatic
2006 – The Constant Gardener (won) BAFTA FIlm Award - Best Editing
2006 – The Constant Gardener (nominated) OFCS Award (Online Film Critics Society) Best Editing
1987 – Platoon (won) ACE Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film
1988 – Platoon (won) BAFTA FIlm Award - Best Editing

References

1 2 Wood, Jennifer M. (3 February 2007). "The Closest Thing to Alchemy: Academy-Award winning editor Claire Simpson". MovieMaker Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05.

External links

Academy Award for Best Film Editing

1934–1950	Conrad A. Nervig (1934) Ralph Dawson (1935) Ralph Dawson (1936) Gene Havlick and Gene Milford (1937) Ralph Dawson (1938) Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom (1939) Anne Bauchens (1940) William Holmes (1941) Daniel Mandell (1942) George Amy (1943) Barbara McLean (1944) Robert J. Kern (1945) Daniel Mandell (1946) Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish (1947) Paul Weatherwax (1948) Harry W. Gerstad (1949) Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig (1950)

1951–1975	William Hornbeck (1951) Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad (1952) William Lyon (1953) Gene Milford (1954) Charles Nelson and William Lyon (1955) Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax (1956) Peter Taylor (1957) Adrienne Fazan (1958) Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning (1959) Daniel Mandell (1960) Thomas Stanford (1961) Anne V. Coates (1962) Harold F. Kress (1963) Cotton Warburton (1964) William H. Reynolds (1965) Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, and Frank Santillo (1966) Hal Ashby (1967) Frank P. Keller (1968) Françoise Bonnot (1969) Hugh S. Fowler (1970) Gerald B. Greenberg (1971) David Bretherton (1972) William H. Reynolds (1973) Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress (1974) Verna Fields (1975)

1976–2000	Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976) Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew (1977) Peter Zinner (1978) Alan Heim (1979) Thelma Schoonmaker (1980) Michael Kahn (1981) John Bloom (1982) Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart (1983) Jim Clark (1984) Thom Noble (1985) Claire Simpson (1986) Gabriella Cristiani (1987) Arthur Schmidt (1988) David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (1989) Neil Travis (1990) Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991) Joel Cox (1992) Michael Kahn (1993) Arthur Schmidt (1994) Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley (1995) Walter Murch (1996) Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris (1997) Michael Kahn (1998) Zach Staenberg (1999) Stephen Mirrione (2000)

2001–present	Pietro Scalia (2001) Martin Walsh (2002) Jamie Selkirk (2003) Thelma Schoonmaker (2004) Hughes Winborne (2005) Thelma Schoonmaker (2006) Christopher Rouse (2007) Chris Dickens (2008) Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2010) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2011) William Goldenberg (2012) Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (2013) Tom Cross (2014) Margaret Sixel (2015)

Best Film Editing became Best Editing in 1999

BAFTA Award for Best Editing

Sam O'Steen (1968)
Hugh A. Robertson (1969)
John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer (1970)
Richard Marden (1971)
Gerald B. Greenberg (1972)
Ralph Kemplen (1973)
Walter Murch and Richard Chew (1974)
Dede Allen (1975)
Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, and Sheldon Kahn (1976)
Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont (1977)
Gerry Hambling (1978)
Peter Zinner (1979)
Alan Heim (1980)
Thelma Schoonmaker (1981)
Françoise Bonnot (1982)
Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery (1983)
Jim Clark (1984)
Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler (1985)
Jim Clark (1986)
Claire Simpson (1987)
Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger (1988)
Gerry Hambling (1989)
Thelma Schoonmaker (1990)
Gerry Hambling (1991)
Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1992)
Michael Kahn (1993)
John Wright (1994)
John Ottman (1995)
Walter Murch (1996)
Peter Honess (1997)
David Gamble (1998)
Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury (1999)
Pietro Scalia (2000)
Mary Sweeney (2001)
Daniel Rezende (2002)
Sarah Flack (2003)
Valdís Óskarsdóttir (2004)
Claire Simpson (2005)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Rick Pearson (2006)
Christopher Rouse (2007)
Chris Dickens (2008)
Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (2010)
Gregers Sall and Chris King (2011)
William Goldenberg (2012)
Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill (2013)
Tom Cross (2014)
Margaret Sixel (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 248612016

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