Matthew "Matt" Chessé (born October 27, 1965) is an American

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, producer, and

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who is mainly associated with

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s. He was nominated for the

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for '' Finding Neverland'' (2004). Chessé has edited most of the films directed by

Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films '' Monster's Ball'', '' Finding Neverland'', '' Stranger than Fiction'', ''The Kite Runner'', ''Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z'', and ...

Early life

Chessé was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, and received a bachelor's degree in English literature from

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

. He attended Ygnacio Valley High School in the SF/EastBay city of Concord graduating with the Class of 1984.

Career

After college he was invited to relocate to Los Angeles to assist Peter Kagan, a director of commercials, at Stiefel and Co.. He next worked as an assistant to Angus Wall, an editor at the commercial editorial shop Rock, Paper, Scissors. Chessé became an editor under the tutelage of David Lee and Lauren Zuckerman. His first project with Marc Forster was on the film ''

Everything Put Together ''Everything Put Together'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Marc Forster starring Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally and Louis Ferreira. The story focuses on a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends who are confronted with t ...

'' (2000), which led to their collaboration on the very successful film '' Monster's Ball'' (2001).

Awards

Chessé has been elected to membership in the

American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal ...

. He has been nominated, for an Oscar in 2005: Best Achievement in Editing for Finding Neverland (2004), an Eddie in 2005: Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic for Finding Neverland (2004), and a Satellite Award in 2008: Best Film Editing for Quantum of Solace (2008) which he shared with: Richard Pearson)

Personal life

Chessé currently lives in

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with his wife, two children, Clover and Coco, and one dog named Shortbread.

Editing credits

Matthew Chessé began his career as an editor. His editing credits include: * ''

'' (2000) * '' Monster's Ball'' (2001) * '' Finding Neverland'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

Ellie Parker ''Ellie Parker'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Scott Coffey. It stars Naomi Watts in the title role, a young woman struggling as an actress in Los Angeles. ''Ellie Parker'' began as a short film that was screened a ...

'' (2005) * '' Stranger Than Fiction'' (2006) * ''

The Kite Runner ''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is se ...

'' (2007) * ''

Quantum of Solace ''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to Casino Royale (2006 film), ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Directed by Marc Forst ...

'' (2008) * ''

Warrior A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have been p ...

(2011) * ''

Machine Gun Preacher ''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and ...

'' (2011) * ''

World War Z ''World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Ti ...

'' (2013) * ''

Fort Bliss Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of William Wallace Smith Bliss, LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President ...

'' (2013) * '' The Best of Me'' (2014) * '' The Gift'' (2015) * ''

Money Monster ''Money Monster'' is a 2016 American crime thriller film directed by Jodie Foster, with a screenplay by Jamie Linden, Alan Di Fiore, and Jim Kouf from a story by Di Fiore and Kauf. The film stars George Clooney (who also co-produced), Julia R ...

'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2021) * '' Sweet Girl'' (2021) * ''

A Man Called Otto ''A Man Called Otto'' is a 2022 comedy-drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Magee. It is the second film adaptation of the 2012 novel ''A Man Called Ove (novel), A Man Called Ove'' by Fredrik Backman, and an American r ...

'' (2022) * '' White Bird: A Wonder Story'' (TBA)

References

External links

* * Puccio, John J. (2005)
"Interview with Matt Chesse"
webpage posted March 20, 2005 on the DVDTown.com website; archived at WebCite on 2008-07-06 fro
this original URL
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