Tim Porter (born May 1974) is a British film editor, best known for his work on the

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series, ''

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'', as well as several other notable British television series. He worked as an editor and co-producer on the ''Game of Thrones'' prequel, ''

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''.

Career

In 2019, he won his second Emmy award (Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for A Drama Series) for ''Game of Thrones'' "The Long Night", (season 8, episode 3). The episode was directed by

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. Porter describes it as "a constant search for the correct rhythm." He was awarded the

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2020 Eddie for that same episode. He won the 2016 Emmy for "

Battle of the Bastards "Battle of the Bastards" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'' and its 59th episode overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and dire ...

", again directed by Sapochnik. He 'sifted through nearly 100 hours of footage to create a seamless battle scene.' He was also given both the 2016 HPA and Eddie awards. He was recognised in ''Variety'' 2016 'Below The Line Impact Report' as, 'an editor capable of building suspense and excruciating drama. He has received four Emmy and four Eddie nominations for his editing of ''Game of Thrones''. He is a member of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Tim 1974 births Living people English television editors British film editors