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Lee Smith, ACE, (born June 10, 1960) is an Australian film editor who has worked in the film industry since the 1980s. He began his film career as a sound editor before establishing himself as an editor. His breakthrough came when he began collaborating with director Peter Weir.
Lee Smith was born in 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an editor, known for Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and 1917 (2019). He is married to Kimberly.
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Mar 10, 2020 · 1917 editor Lee Smith pulls back the curtain on how the "one-shot" World War I movie was created, and why there are way more cuts than you think.
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He was the sole editor for Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), for which Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing and for an "Eddie Award" from the American Cinema Editors. More recently, Smith has edited seven films with director Christopher Nolan.
Aug 1, 2018 · Lee Smith talks about how his career choices led him to become the Oscar-nominated editor of Dunkirk. ...more. At the 2018 IAVA Panel, the top film editors talk about how they got started...
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Mar 5, 2018 · Lee Smith had been hoping it was "lucky number three" at the 90th Academy Awards. And after previous nominations for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Dark Knight, the Australian editor won for his masterful work with three different timeframes in the World War II epic Dunkirk. Register or log in now to unlock this article.
Apr 3, 2020 · In our 1917 editor interview, Lee Smith talks about keeping his work as hidden and invisible as possible to maintain the film's style.
