Christopher Dickens

Education

Bournemouth University. Arts University Bournemouth.

Career

Chris went to Hailsham Community College in his teenage years and graduated from Bournemouth University in 1990. 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.".

Achievements

His work on Slumdog Millionaire (2008), directed by Danny Boyle, won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic.

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Academy Award for Best Film Editing the American Cinema Editors Award; Academy award