Elliot C. Graham is an American

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

and producer known for his work on ''Milk'' (2008), ''Steve Jobs'' (2015), ''Captain Marvel'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2021). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for ''Milk'' and won a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for ''No Time to Die''.

Career

In 1999, Graham received a bachelor's degree in History and Film from

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. His first editing credit was for '' The Last Minute'' (2001), an independent film that was written, directed, and edited by

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. Graham was initially hired to assist Norrington with editing, but ultimately shared the editing credit. Graham subsequently worked on two films with director

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, '' X2'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2006), both co-edited with

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. Graham also edited the Singer-directed pilot for the television program ''

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'' (2004). Elliot Graham's editing for

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's 2008 film ''

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'' was nominated for the

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and for the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. Several critics have written about the editing of ''Milk'', which intermixes archival footage from the era of the film with footage of the actors.

Filmography (as editor)

The director of each film is indicated in parentheses. * '' The Last Minute'' (

, 2001; co-editor with Stephen Norrington) * '' X2'' (

, 2003; co-editor with John Ottman) * ''

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'' (

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, 2005) * ''

'' (

, 2006; co-editor with John Ottman) * '' 21'' (

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, 2008) * ''

'' (

, 2008) * '' Restless'' (

, 2011) * '' Trash'' (

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, 2014) * ''

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'' (

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, 2015) * '' Molly's Game'' (

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, 2017) * '' Captain Marvel'' (

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, 2019; co-editor with Debbie Berman) * ''

'' (

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, 2021; co-editor with Tom Cross)

References

External links

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