We are pleased to announce that this year's Special Plus Camerimage Award to Editor With Unique Visual Sensitivity will go to Chris Lebenzon.

Chris Lebenzon

Chris Lebenzon is a film editor with an impressive filmography in
a diverse range of genres, from action/adventure and drama to film
musicals and animation.

Lebenzon is the winner of the American Association of Editors Eddie Award 2008 for his work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street directed by Tim Burton. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on director Tony Scott's Crimson Tide and Scott's classic film Top Gun.

The recipient of our special prize has edited all the movies directed by
Tim Burton since 1991. Lebenzon made eleven production with him
including so stylistically and visually different movies like Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Planet of the Apes, Corps bride, and Alice in Wonderland.
Chris has also been working for years with director Tony Scott. They
have just completed the soon to be released action thriller Unstoppable.

Chris has teamed up many times with award-winning producer Jerry Bruckheimer, working with him on such films as Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor and Armageddon, Dominic Sena's Gone in Sixty Seconds, and Simon West's Con Air. and Tony Scott's Days of thunder or Enemy of the State.

Chris Lebenzon collecting Eddie Award

Chris Lebenzon is now one of the most important film editors. His work
directly influences the artistic imagination of the audience around the
world and serves as an example of how an original film narrative can be
conducted.

Chris Lebenzon will attend Plus Camerimage and will meet with the
festival audience. Chris will also make a special presentation of his
work on Alice in Wonderland (from storyboards, through editing the dailies, to final cut of the film).

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

• 2010 - Alice in Wonderland, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Dariusz Wolski
• 2009 - The Taking of Pelham 123, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Tobias Schliessler
• 2007 - Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Dariusz Wolski
• 2006 - Deja Vu, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Paul Cameron
• 2006 - Eragon, dir. Stefen Fangmeier, cin. Hugh Johnson
• 2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Philippe Rousselot
• 2005 - Corps Bride, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Pete Kozachik
• 2003 - Big Fish, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Philippe Rousselot
• 2002 - xXx, dir. Rob Cohen, cin. Dean Semler
• 2002 - Planet of the Apes, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Philippe Rousselot
• 2001 - Pearl Harbour, dir. Michael Bay, cin. John Schwartzman
• 2000 - Gone in Sixty Seconds, dir. Dominic Sena, cin. Paul Cameron
• 1999 - Sleepy Hollow, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Emmanuel Lubezki
• 1998 - Armageddon, dir. Michael Bay, cin. John Schwartzman
• 1998 - Enemy of the State, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Dan Mindel
• 1997 - Con Air, dir. Simon West, cin. David Tattersall
• 1996 - Mars Attacks!, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Peter Suschitzky
• 1995 - Crimson Tide, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Dariusz Wolski
• 1994 - Ed Wood, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Stefan Czapsky
• 1992 - Batman Returns, dir. Tim Burton, cin. Stefan Czapsky
• 1991 - Hudson Hawk, dir. Michael Lehmann, cin. Dante Spinotti
• 1990 - Days of Thunder, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Ward Russell
• 1987 - Beverly Hills Cop 2, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Jeffrey L. Kimball
• 1988 - Midnight Run, dir. Martin Brest, cin. Donald Thorin
• 1986 - Top Gun, dir. Tony Scott, cin. Jeffrey L. Kimball
• 1985 - Weird Science, dir. John Hughes, cin. Matthew F. Leonetti
• 1981 - Wolfen, dir. Michael Wadleigh, cin. Gerry Fisher