Claire Simpson

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

UK

Claire Simpson

Biography

Claire Simpson is a British film editor whose work has been honored with an Academy Award (for Oliver Stone's Platoon) and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing for The Constant Gardener. She was mentored by Dede Allen and in turn mentored such notable and renowned Academy Award-winning film editors as Pietro Scalia, David Brenner, Joe Hutshing and Julie Monroe. She also worked as editor of Oliver Stone's Salvador and Wall Street.

Production

1999

1990

1986

Platoon

as Editor

1988

2006

The Return

as Editor

1987

Wall Street

as Editor

2002

Possession

as Editor

1986

Salvador

as Editor

2008

The Reader

as Editor

2021

2021

The Last Duel

as Editor

2008

Stop-Loss

as Editor

1996

The Fan

as Editor

2014

1989

Hell High

as Editor

2023

Napoleon

as Editor

1984

C.H.U.D.

as Editor

1992

1984

1994

Black Beauty

as Editor

2024

Gladiator II

as Editor

2017

The Snowman

as Editor

1981

Reds

as Assistant Editor

2001

2009

Nine

as Editor

1979

Caligula

as Assistant Editor

1998

2015

Black Mass

as Additional Editing

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