Affonso Gonçalves

Affonso Gonçalves
Born (1967-06-08) 8 June 1967 (age 57)
São Paulo, Brazil
EducationLondon Film School
American Film Institute
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1992–present

Affonso Gonçalves (born 8 June 1967) is a Brazilian-American film editor. He is best known for editing many critically acclaimed films such as Winter's Bone (2010), Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Carol (2015), Paterson (2016), and Wonderstruck (2017).

In 2014, Gonçalves was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the episode "Who Goes There" in the first season of True Detective.

Early life

Gonçalves was born in Brazil.[1] He studied at the London International Film School for three years before studying at the American Film Institute for two and a half years.[1]

Career

Gonçalves first served as the assistant editor for Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995).[2] Gonçalves is a frequent collaborator of Todd Haynes's, beginning with Mildred Pierce.[3] Gonçalves was nominated for an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television.[3][4] He edited Carol (2015) and received a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Editing.[5][6]

Gonçalves is also frequent collaborator of Jim Jarmusch, beginning on Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and he served as the films editor and music editor.[7] He laso edited Paterson (2016) and Gimme Danger (2016).[8][9]

Gonçalves received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for his work on True Detective (2014).[10][11] He won an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television.[12]

In 2016, Gonçalves edited Little Men, directed by Ira Sachs.[13]

In December 2021, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing for his work on A Chiara.[14]

Partial filmography

Year Title Director
1996 The Delta Ira Sachs
1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Tod Williams
Trans Julian Goldberger
2004 The Door in the Floor Tod Williams
2005 Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs
2006 The Hawk Is Dying Julian Goldberger
2007 Married Life Ira Sachs
2010 Night Catches Us Tanya Hamilton
Winter's Bone Debra Granik
2011 Mildred Pierce Todd Haynes
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Keep the Lights On Ira Sachs
Marfa Girl Larry Clark
2013 Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch
2014 Love Is Strange Ira Sachs
True Detective Cary Joji Fukunaga
2015 Carol Todd Haynes
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano
2016 Gimme Danger Jim Jarmusch
Paterson Jim Jarmusch
Little Men Ira Sachs
2017 A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
2018 Marfa Girl 2 Larry Clark
2019 The Dead Don't Die Jim Jarmusch
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
2020 Wendy Benh Zeitlin
2021 The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes
A Chiara Jonas Carpignano
The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal
2022 Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde
2023 May December Todd Haynes
2024 I'm Still Here Walter Salles
TBA Father, Mother, Sister, Brother Jim Jarmusch

References

  1. ^ a b Feld, Rob (April 21, 2014). "A VAMPIRE FILM WITH A MUSICAL FLOW". Editors Guild. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Interview:Affonso Goncalves and the Art of Editing Great Actresses". Film Experience. January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Goldstein, Mollie (December 29, 2014). "AFFONSO GONÇALVES". The Edit Center. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Ann Skewers, Mary (January 6, 2016). "Contender – Editor Affonso Gonçalves, Carol". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "Satellite Awards (2015)". International Press Academy. International Press Academy. December 2, 2015. pressacademy.com. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Cutting Room, The. "Affonso Gonçalves: Editing Carol". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  7. ^ Kreindler, Sarv (March 17, 2014). "Spotlight: Affonso Gonçalves, Editor, 'Only Lovers Left Alive'". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  8. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (May 15, 2016). "Cannes Film Review: 'Paterson". Variety. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (May 19, 2016). "Cannes Film Review: 'Gimme Danger'". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  10. ^ Laws, Zach (November 29, 2015). "'Carol' editor Affonso Goncalves on 'showing the love at its peak' (Audio Podcast)". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  11. ^ Messer, Lesley; Rothman, Michael (July 10, 2014). "Emmy Nominations 2014: The Complete List". ABC News. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  12. ^ Caranicas, Peter (January 30, 2015). "'Boyhood,' 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'The Lego Movie' Win Big at ACE Eddie Awards". Variety. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  13. ^ "Magnolia Pictures Acquires TEC Film Little Men". The Edit Center. February 11, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  14. ^ Tangcay, Jazz; Lang, Brent (2021-12-14). "Indie Spirit Awards 2022: Full List of Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-15.