Nadia Ben Rachid is a Franco-Tunisian film editor. She has over thirty years of experience, and has spent two decades working with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.[1] She won the award for Best Editing at the 2015 Césars for Sissako's 2014 film Timbuktu.
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Ben Rachid started her editing career working with 35mm film on celluloid.[2]
Ben Rachid has edited such acclaimed films as Timbuktu,[3] Waiting for Happiness, Bamako[4] Life On Earth, and Tug of War. She has also edited numerous documentaries such as all of Anne Aghion's films including 2005 Emmy winner In Rwanda we say... The family that does not speak dies and 2009 Cannes Official Selection doc My Neighbor My Killer'', Tarr Béla, I Used to Be a Filmmaker and Michka Saäl's Les prisonniers de Beckett.
Ben Rachid was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2015.[5] Ben Rachid describes the process of editing as shaping a director's idea into a "harmonious, fluid idea."[2] Her film editing has been called "nimble" by the New Statesman.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Nadia Ben Rachid Editor". Talents Beirut. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ a b Mambu, Djia (30 January 2015). "And what a film editor she is! Interview with Nadia Ben Rachid, by Djia Mambu | Une sacrée monteuse ! Entretien avec Nadia Ben Rachid, par Djia Mambu". African Women in Cinema. Translated by Beti Ellerson. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Lisi, Jon (24 July 2015). "'Timbuktu' Sends a Powerful Message About Jihadism". Pop Matters. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Keegan, Rebecca; Sandell, Scott (26 June 2015). "Oscars: The Full List of 2015 Invitees to the Film Academy". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Feinberg, Scott (27 June 2015). "The Acedmy is Suddenly Becoming More International - And Here's Why (Analysis)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (29 May 2015). "Fade to Black: Everyday Persecution and Religious Fundamentalism in Timbuktu". New Statesman. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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