Justine Wright is a film editor from

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, New Zealand. In 2000, the film ''

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'', which Wright had edited, won an

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for Best Documentary. She also won the Best Newcomer Behind the Camera award at the

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for the same film. In 2014, Wright won the European Editor of the Year Award at the

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. In 2016, she was co-winner (with Noam Amit) at the

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of the Haggiag Award for Best Editing for her work in ''Forever Pure''.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1999) - won Best Documentary at the

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*''

Late Night Shopping ''Late Night Shopping'' is a 2001 comedy film funded by FilmFour Productions, centering on a group of friends who all work the graveyard shifts. Plot Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny work graveyard shifts in various soul-killing jobs (the hos ...

'' (2001) - won a BAFTA (Scotland) Best Feature Film award * ''The Game of Their Lives'' (2002) - won Best Sports Documentary at the British Television Awards * ''The Final Curtain'' (2002) * ''Touching the Void'' (2003) * ''The Last King of Scotland'' (2006) * ''State of Play'' (2009) * ''The Eagle'' (2011) * ''The Iron Lady'' (2011) * ''Locke'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Pass'' (2016) * '' Forever Pure'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''Yardie'' (2018) * ''The Mauritanian'' (2021)

Filmography

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