Joe Bini (born Giuseppe Gaetano Bini; 1963) is an American film editor.
Life
Bini was born in
San Mateo, California
San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...
to Aurora Cerro Bini and Louis John Bini. As a film editor, he has collaborated with
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...
on twenty-seven documentaries and feature films in twenty years, including: ''
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
''Little Dieter Needs to Fly'' (german: Flucht aus Laos, lit=Escape from Laos) is a 1997 German-British-French documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. ...
'' (1997), ''
Invincible'' (2001), ''
Grizzly Man
''Grizzly Man'' (2005) is an American documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell and the death of his girlfriend Amie Huguenard at Katmai National Park, Alaska. The fil ...
'' (2005), ''
Rescue Dawn
''Rescue Dawn'' is a 2006 American epic war drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his 1997 documentary film ''Little Dieter Needs to Fly''. The film stars Christian Bale and is based on the ...
'' (2007), and ''
Encounters at the End of the World
''Encounters at the End of the World'' is a 2007 American documentary film by Werner Herzog about Antarctica and the people who choose to spend time there. It was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by ThinkFilm. At the 81s ...
'' (2007), which was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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.
Bini edited Lynne Ramsay's ''
We Need to Talk About Kevin
''We Need to Talk About Kevin'' is a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, published by Serpent's Tail, about a fictional school massacre. It is written from the first person perspective of the teenage killer's mother, Eva Khatchadourian, and documen ...
'' (2011) for
BBC Films and Independent and ''
American Honey
"American Honey" is a song written by Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey and Shane Stevens, and recorded by American country music group Lady Antebellum. It was released on January 11, 2010, as the second single from their second album '' Need You Now ...
'' (2016) with director Andrea Arnold. He edited the 2017 film ''
You Were Never Really Here'', directed by Ramsay.
He is father to Elia Bini (born in Tyumen, Siberia) whose mother is Caitlin Bini. Joe is currently married to filmmaker Maya Hawke.
Sundance Film Festival
Bini was a member of the Jury in the Documentary category for the
2006 Sundance Film Festival
The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 19, to January 29, 2006. It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the c ...
. He also won the 2008 Documentary Editing Award for editing ''
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired''.
Emmy Awards
For co-writing and editing the documentary film ''
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'' (2008), Bini won a
and received a nomination for
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.
Cannes Film Festival
Was awarded Prix Vulcain de L’Artiste-Technicien, Special Distinction at Cannes Film Festival 2011 for his work on ''
We Need to Talk About Kevin
''We Need to Talk About Kevin'' is a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, published by Serpent's Tail, about a fictional school massacre. It is written from the first person perspective of the teenage killer's mother, Eva Khatchadourian, and documen ...
''.
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
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