Affonso Gonçalves (born 8 June 1967) is a

Brazilian-American Brazilian Americans ( pt, brasileiros americanos or ) are Americans who are of full or partial Brazilian ancestry. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates the Brazilian American population to be 1,775,000, the largest of any Brazilia ...

film editor. He is best known for editing many critically acclaimed films such as '' Winter's Bone'' (2010), '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012), '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013), '' Carol'' (2015), '' Paterson'' (2016), and '' Wonderstruck'' (2017). In 2014, Gonçalves was nominated for a

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for editing the episode "Who Goes There" in the first season of ''

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''.

Early life

Gonçalves was born in Brazil. He studied at the

London International Film School London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK.

for three years before studying at the

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for two and a half years.

Career

Gonçalves first served as the

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for

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's ''

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'' (1995). Gonçalves is a frequent collaborator of Todd Haynes's first beginning with ''

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''. Gonçalves was nominated for an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television. He went onto edit '' Carol'' (2015), where he received a nomination for a Satellite Awards for Best Film Editing. Gonçalves is also frequent collaborator of

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, first beginning on '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013). He served as the films editor and music editor. and went onto edit '' Paterson'' (2016), and ''

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'' (2016). Gonçalves received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for

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for his work on ''

'' (2014). He won an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television. In 2016, Gonçalves edited ''

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'' directed by

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. In December 2021, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing for his work on A Chiara.

Partial filmography

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