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Mathilde Bonnefoy is a Producer and Editor French born on 11 march 1972 at Paris (France)

Mathilde Bonnefoy

Mathilde Bonnefoy
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Nationality France
Birth 11 march 1972 (52 years) at Paris (France)

Mathilde Bonnefoy (born 11 March 1972 in Paris) is a film editor and director who was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for the editing of the film Run Lola Run (1998).

Bonnefoy is the daughter of the French poet Yves Bonnefoy and Lucy Vines, an American; she has dual citizenship in France and the United States. From 1990-91 she studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, but she abandoned her studies to move to Berlin. By 1995 she was working as an assistant editor, and in 1997 she was credited as the "Avid assistant" for the German film Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (directed by Wolfgang Becker).

Das Leben ist eine Baustelle was one of the first films produced by the film company X Filme GmbH, which was created by Becker and Tom Tykwer (among others). Tykwer, who was the screenwriter for Das Leben ..., recruited Bonnefoy as the editor of Run Lola Run (1998), which he was directing. This film enjoyed international critical and box office success. It garnered Bonnefoy a Deutscher Filmpreis (the Academy Awards of Germany) for editing, as well as the ACE Eddie nomination.

Since Run Lola Run, Bonnefoy has edited several more films with Tykwer and with the director Wim Wenders. In recent years she has directed and edited films for German television.

Biography

Elle est la fille du poète français Yves Bonnefoy et de l'actrice américaine Lucille Vines.

De 1990 à 1991, elle est étudiante en Philosophie à la Sorbonne, mais elle abandonne ses études pour partir à Berlin. En 1995, elle devient assistante-monteuse, et en 1997, elle est monteuse AVID pour le film allemand La vie est un chantier dirigé par Wolfgang Becker. Elle rencontre Tom Tykwer qui en était le scénariste, il la recrute comme monteuse pour le film Cours, Lola, cours en 1998.

En 2006, elle a travaillé sur le film collectif Paris, je t'aime composé de courts-métrages de plusieurs réalisateurs.

Elle réalise le montage du film américano-allemand L'Enquête (The International) réalisé par Tom Tykwer et sorti en 2009.

Le 23 février 2015, Mathilde Bonnefoy obtient l'Oscar du meilleur film documentaire avec son mari, le producteur allemand Dirk Wilutzky et la réalisatrice américaine Laura Poitras pour Citizenfour. Citizenfour met en scène l'ancien consultant de la NSA et lanceur d'alerte Edward Snowden, auteur de nombreuses révélations sur "une surveillance massive sans distinction de tout le monde".

Best films

Citizenfour (2014)
(Producer)

Usually with

Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer
(6 films)
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras
(1 films)
Frank Griebe
Frank Griebe
(6 films)
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
(2 films)
Stefan Arndt
Stefan Arndt
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mathilde Bonnefoy (12 films)

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Production

Citizenfour, 1h54
Directed by Laura Poitras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Laura Poitras
Roles Producer
Rating79% 3.9970153.9970153.9970153.9970153.997015
In January 2013, Laura Poitras, an American documentary film director/producer who had been working for several years on a film about monitoring programs in the US that were the result of the September 11 attacks, receives an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself, "Citizen Four." In it, he offers her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence agencies. In June 2013, accompanied by investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald and The Guardian intelligence reporter Ewen MacAskill, she travels to Hong Kong with her camera for the first meeting with the stranger, who reveals himself as Edward Snowden.

Editor

Citizenfour, 1h54
Directed by Laura Poitras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Laura Poitras
Roles Editor
Rating79% 3.9970153.9970153.9970153.9970153.997015
In January 2013, Laura Poitras, an American documentary film director/producer who had been working for several years on a film about monitoring programs in the US that were the result of the September 11 attacks, receives an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself, "Citizen Four." In it, he offers her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence agencies. In June 2013, accompanied by investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald and The Guardian intelligence reporter Ewen MacAskill, she travels to Hong Kong with her camera for the first meeting with the stranger, who reveals himself as Edward Snowden.
What a Man
What a Man (2011)
, 1h34
Directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sibel Kekilli, Matthias Schweighöfer, Elyas M'Barek, Mavie Hörbiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Pasquale Aleardi
Rating54% 2.749062.749062.749062.749062.74906
30-year-old Alex discovers that his girlfriend Carolin has an affair with their neighbour, photographer Jens, and is forced to move out of their shared flat. He moves in with his friend, animal welfare activist Nele who has a long-distance-relationship with her French boyfriend Etienne who lives in China. Alex tries to find out why his relationship with Carolin failed and what actually constitutes a man. Meanwhile he and Nele who were in love with each other since primary school fall in love again.
Three
Three (2010)
, 2h
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sebastian Schipper, Sophie Rois, Angela Winkler, Carina Wiese, Christina Große, Christian Steyer
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.345243.345243.345243.345243.34524
Hanna and Simon are in a long-term relationship which, though loving, has grown sexually unexciting. Soon after Simon's mother dies from advanced pancreatic cancer, he discovers that he has testicular cancer and must undergo surgery and chemotherapy. The night of his surgery, Hanna has a sexual encounter with a man called Adam, and Simon learns that he had fathered a child seventeen years earlier, although the woman opted for an abortion. Simon, who had assumed that either he or Hanna was infertile, is assured that he should still be able to have children after his surgery. During his recovery, Simon and Hanna decide to finally wed. Shortly beforehand, Simon encounters Adam at the pool and begins an affair with him as well.
The International, 1h58
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brían F. O'Byrne, Ulrich Thomsen, Haluk Bilginer
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.248413.248413.248413.248413.24841
Louis Salinger, of Interpol, and Eleanor Whitman, an Assistant District Attorney from Manhattan, are investigating the International Bank of Business and Credit (IBBC), which funds activities such as money laundering, terrorism, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments. Salinger's and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan, where the IBBC assassinates Umberto Calvini, an arms manufacturer who is an Italian prime ministerial candidate. The bank's assassin diverts suspicion to a local assassin with political connections, who is promptly killed by a corrupt policeman. Salinger and Whitman get a lead on the second assassin, but the corrupt policeman shows up again and orders them out of the country. At the airport they are able to check the security camera footage for clues on the whereabouts on the bank's assassin, and follow a suspect to New York.
Solstice
Solstice (2008)
, 1h31
Directed by Daniel Myrick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Tyler Hoechlin, Amanda Seyfried, Matt O'Leary, Hilarie Burton Morgan
Rating53% 2.651122.651122.651122.651122.65112
Megan (Harnois) has been distraught since her twin sister Sophie (Harnois) committed suicide a few months ago. When it comes time for their annual summer solstice trip to a lake house in the bayous of Louisiana with her friends, Megan reluctantly decides to go. Once the five friends arrive, Megan soon begins to suspect that her dead sister is trying to communicate with her as the solstice—the time when our world and the next are closest—approaches. she sees numerous shadow-like figures, mud runs from all the taps, and Megan is "followed" by Sophie's key chain that she keeps getting rid of. Whenever the shadow figure appears, or Megan has a nightmare, the key chain appears.
Invisibles
Invisibles (2007)
, 1h35
Directed by Wim Wenders, Fernando León de Aranoa, Isabel Coixet, Mariano Barroso
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Documentary
Rating63% 3.1768953.1768953.1768953.1768953.176895
Les « invisibles », ce sont ceux que nous refusons de voir – des gens qui ne retiennent que très rarement l’attention des médias occidentaux et ceux qui s’occupent d’eux sans relâche. Ce film est particulièrement consacré à tous ceux qui facilitent et soutiennent le travail de l’organisation d’aide internationale Médecins sans frontières dans les régions en crise ou en guerre. Ce film documentaire collectif fut produit à l’occasion du 20e anniversaire de la section espagnole de « Médecins sans frontières ». Cinq réalisateurs sont allés sur place, là où ces derniers travaillent.
The Favor
The Favor (2007)
, 1h50
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Wood, Ryan Donowho, Paige Turco, Laura Breckenridge, Paul Lazar, Sterling K. Brown
Rating69% 3.456623.456623.456623.456623.45662
The film begins with two high school sweethearts, Lawrence (played by Luke Robertson) and Caroline (played by Laura Breckenridge). They are about to go off to college, but claim they will stay together nonetheless. The film then jumps forward 25 years, and Lawrence (played by Frank Wood) is living back in his hometown, Bayonne, New Jersey, and is a photographer who photographs pets, as well as criminals at the local police station. He receives a surprise phone call from Caroline (played by Paige Turco), who has recently come back home in order to care for her sick father and who is divorced and has a troubled teenage son Johnny (played by Ryan Donowho). Caroline and Lawrence go on a date and rekindle their relationship, but shortly afterwards she dies in a freak accident. Johnny's father Harris (played by Aldo Perez) does not want to take care of him, and he will be going into foster care. When Johnny has a seizure at his mother's funeral, Lawrence decides to adopt him. The bulk of the film is about Lawrence and Johnny, and how Lawrence tries to be a father to Johnny while Johnny rejects him. Johnny also has a relationship with a neighborhood girl, Mariana (played by Isidra Vega), and problems with the local drug dealer Carter (played by Jesse Kelly).
The Soul of a Man, 1h43
Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Le blues, Musical films
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Chris Thomas King, T-Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt
Roles Editor
Rating73% 3.68093.68093.68093.68093.6809
À travers des interviews, des documents historiques, des reconstitutions par des acteurs et des interprétations de leurs chansons par des artistes actuels, Wim Wenders met en lumière ses artistes de blues préférés : Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson et J.B. Lenoir
Heaven
Heaven (2002)
, 1h36
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Stefania Rocca, Mattia Sbragia, Alberto Di Stasio
Roles Editor
Rating68% 3.4475753.4475753.4475753.4475753.447575
The film is set in Turin, Italy. It opens with a prologue sequence showing the young Italian Carabinieri clerk Filippo (Ribisi) learning to fly a helicopter using a flight simulator. When he accidentally crashes the virtual helicopter by ascending too dramatically, his instructor tells him, "In a real helicopter, you can't just keep going up and up," prompting Filippo to ask, "How high can i fly?"
The Princess and the Warrior, 2h15
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Natja Brunckhorst, Joachim Król, Ludger Pistor, Sebastian Schipper
Roles Editor
Rating73% 3.6973453.6973453.6973453.6973453.697345
The film begins with a letter to Sissi, a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, asking her for help in wrapping up the affairs of a friend's dead mother. Sissi cares for her patients to the effect that they appear to be her extended family (in fact, she states that her own father is a patient in the hospital). As such, she has little experience of life outside the hospital. Meanwhile, Bodo, living with his brother, applies for a funerary job but is quickly dismissed because of his inability to control his emotions. He later robs a grocery store and during the ensuing chase indirectly causes a truck to hit Sissi. Taking cover from the police underneath the truck, Bodo finds Sissi, who cannot speak or breathe. In order to save her life, he performs an emergency tracheotomy. Once Sissi is in medical care, they are separated without Sissi ever learning his name.
Run Lola Run, 1h21
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Politic
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Time travel films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Armin Rohde, Nina Petri, Joachim Król
Roles Editor
Rating76% 3.8479253.8479253.8479253.8479253.847925
The film begins with Lola (Franka Potente) receiving a phone call from her distraught boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). Manni is a small-time criminal and, during an important job collecting 100,000 marks, he relied on Lola to take him and the money to his boss, Ronnie. Lola's moped was stolen on her journey and Manni is forced to travel by subway but, startled by the sight of police, accidentally leaves the bag of money on the train. Spotting a homeless man examining his money bag as the train departed, Manni pursued the train, only to find the man and the money gone.