Chris Lebenzon

Chris Lebenzon
Born	Christopher John Lebenzon (1953-10-29) October 29, 1953 Redwood City, California, U.S.

Christopher John Lebenzon (born October 29, 1953) is an American film editor with more than 36 film credits dating from 1976. The films he has edited have grossed over 10 billion dollars worldwide.

Lebenzon was born in Redwood City, California. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the films Top Gun (1986) and Crimson Tide (1995). He is a member of the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E) and has been nominated six times having won The Eddie Award for his work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). He is noted particularly for working with directors Michael Bay, Tony Scott and has worked with Tim Burton for over 25 years.

In addition to editing, he has also served as an executive producer on Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).

Filmography (as editor)

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1978	The Secret Life of Plants	Walon Green
1981	Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh
	One from the Heart	Francis Ford Coppola	Assistant editor
1983	The Outsiders		First assistant editor
1984	A Breed Apart	Philippe Mora
1985	Weird Science	John Hughes
1986	Top Gun	Tony Scott	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II
	Weeds	John D. Hancock
1988	Midnight Run	Martin Brest
1990	Revenge	Tony Scott
	Days of Thunder
1991	Hudson Hawk	Michael Lehmann
	The Last Boy Scout	Tony Scott	Additional editor
1992	Batman Returns	Tim Burton
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Henry Selick	Consulting editor
	Josh and S.A.M.	Billy Weber
1994	Ed Wood	Tim Burton
	The Outsider	David Briggs	Editorial consultant
1995	Crimson Tide	Tony Scott	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1996	Mars Attacks!	Tim Burton
1997	Con Air	Simon West
1998	Armageddon	Michael Bay
	Enemy of the State	Tony Scott
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Tim Burton	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	Dominic Sena
2001	Pearl Harbor	Michael Bay
	Planet of the Apes	Tim Burton
2002	XXX	Rob Cohen
2003	Radio	Michael Tollin
	Big Fish	Tim Burton
2005	Man of the House	Stephen Herek
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Tim Burton	Nominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
	Corpse Bride
2006	Déjà Vu	Tony Scott
	Eragon	Stefen Fangmeier	Also additional editor
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Tim Burton	ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical Awards Circuit Community Awards for Best Film Editing Nominated - Gold Derby Awards for Best Film Editing
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Tony Scott
2010	Unstoppable		Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
	Alice in Wonderland	Tim Burton	Also executive producer ACE Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
2012	Dark Shadows		Also executive producer
	Frankenweenie		Nominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film
	Here with Me		Music video
2014	Maleficent	Robert Stromberg
2015	The Last Witch Hunter	Breck Eisner
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Tim Burton
2017	Geostorm	Dean Devlin
2019	Dumbo	Tim Burton
2020	Top Gun: Maverick	Joseph Kosinski

External links

• Chris Lebenzon at IMDb