Françoise Bonnot | |
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| Born | (1939-08-17)17 August 1939 Bois-Colombes, France[1] |
| Died | 9 June 2018(2018-06-09) (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | film editor |
| Spouse | Henri Verneuil[2] |
| Parent | Monique Bonnot |
Françoise Bonnot (17 August 1939 – 9 June 2018) was a Frenchfilm editor with more than 40 feature film credits.[3]
Bonnot was the daughter of Monique Bonnot, a film editor noted for several films directed byJean-Pierre Melville. In her first film credit, Françoise Bonnot was the assistant to her mother on Melville's 1959 film,Two Men in Manhattan (1959). She and her mother co-edited the 1962 film,A Monkey in Winter, that was directed byHenri Verneuil. At about this time Bonnot married Verneuil; she edited three more of his films in the 1960s. Bonnot edited Melville's 1969 film,Army of Shadows, when her mother became unavailable. This film is about the French resistance fighters during the Second World War, and was a departure from Melville's more characteristic crime and detective films. Bonnot later remarked that Melville “... had known me since I was eight years old. It was like working with my big brother. He was a character––fascinating, charming, fun and tyrannical.”[4]
By 1968, Bonnot had commenced hernotable collaboration with directorCosta-Gavras that extended over eight films and nearly 30 years. Their first film together wasZ (1969);James Berardinelli has written recently that, "Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It introduced the director's signature approach of combining overt political messages with edge-of-the-seat tension."[5] AfterZ, their most widely recognized film together is probablyMissing (1982). Their last film together wasMad City (1997).
Throughout her life, Bonnot edited the films directed byJulie Taymor, who had been known primarily as a stage director. Their films includeFrida (2002) andThe Tempest (2010).
Bonnot won theAcademy Award for Film Editing forZ (1969), and theBAFTA Award for Best Editing forMissing (1982). She was nominated three times for theCésar Award for Best Editing (forThe Simple Past (1977),Hannah K. (1983) andPlace Vendôme (1998)). She had been elected to membership in theAmerican Cinema Editors.[3][6]
Bonnot and Henri Verneuil had two children. Their son, Patrick Malakian, is a film director; Bonnot edited his 1994 French-language filmPourquoi maman est dans mon lit?.[3] Bonnot died on 9 June 2018 inParis,France aged 78.[7][8]
A permanent fixture in the cinema world of Costa-Gavras has been Françoise Bonnot, the editor responsible for infusing life into Semprún-Solinas text and the Costa-Gavras filming.Discusses Bonnot's role in Costa-Gavras' films.
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