Frantoise Bonnot


Editor

About

Birth Place
Bois-Colombes, FR
Born
August 17, 1939
Died
June 09, 2018

Biography

A frequent collaborator with director Costa-Gavras, Bonnot earned an Oscar for "Z" (1969) and a British Academy Award for "Missing" (1981). She began her career editing "A Monkey in Winter" (1962) and has continued into the 1990s. Among her other notable credits are Michael Cimino's "Year of the Dragon" (1985), Roland Joffe's "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) and "Pourquoi mamn est dans mo...

Biography

A frequent collaborator with director Costa-Gavras, Bonnot earned an Oscar for "Z" (1969) and a British Academy Award for "Missing" (1981). She began her career editing "A Monkey in Winter" (1962) and has continued into the 1990s. Among her other notable credits are Michael Cimino's "Year of the Dragon" (1985), Roland Joffe's "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) and "Pourquoi mamn est dans mon lit?" (1994). Her mother, Monique Bonnot, cut several films for Jean-Pierre Melville and her brother, Alain Bonnot, is an assistant director.

Life Events

1962

First feature as editor, "Melodie en sous-sol"

1969

First collaboration with Costa-Gavras, "Z"

Family

Monique Bonnot
Mother
Editor. Cut a number of Jean-Pierre Melville film, including "Les enfants terribles" (1949).
Alain Bonnot
Brother
Assistant director. Has worked often in Britain.

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