Dylan Tichenor

Dylan Tichenor (born June 1968) is an American film editor.

Life and career

As a child, he grew up watching movies with his father.^[1] He graduated from Philadelphia's Greene Street Friends School in 1982 and Central High School in 1986.

Tichenor worked as editor Geraldine Peroni's assistant on several films in the 1990s, including Robert Altman's film The Player (1992). His first credit as an editor was for Altman's Jazz '34 (1996). Following Peroni's death in 2004, Tichenor stepped in to finish his mentor's editing of Brokeback Mountain (directed by Ang Lee).^[1][2]

Tichenor has had a notable collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson. Tichenor's first major editing credit was for Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award. Tichenor was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Anderson's 2007 film There Will Be Blood.

Tichenor has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.^[3]

Filmography

Tichenor was the primary editor on the following films, unless noted otherwise. The film directors are indicated in parentheses.

• The Player (Robert Altman - 1992) (apprentice editor)
• Short Cuts (Robert Altman - 1993) (assistant editor)
• Prêt-à-Porter (Robert Altman - 1994) (assistant editor)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Alan Rudolph - 1994) (associate editor)
• Jazz '34 (Robert Altman - 1996) (with Brent Carpenter)
• Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1996) (post-production coordinator)
• Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1997)
• Hurlyburly (Anthony Drazan - 1998)
• Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1999) (also associate producer)
• Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan - 2000)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson - 2001)
• Cold Creek Manor (Mike Figgis - 2003)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Brad Silberling - 2004) (additional editor)
• Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee - 2005) (with Geraldine Peroni, who died during production)
• There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson - 2007)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik - 2007)
• Doubt (John Patrick Shanley - 2008)
• Whip It (Drew Barrymore - 2009)
• The Town (Ben Affleck - 2010)
• Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow - 2012) (with William Goldenberg)
• Child 44 (2014)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012), nominated

Eddie Awards

• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), nominated
• Brokeback Mountain (2005), nominated
• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated

BAFTA Awards

• Brokeback Mountain (2005), nominated

Emmy Awards

• Jazz '34 (1996), nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

• Save Me by Aimee Mann (2000) (music video), won

Online Film Critics Society Awards

• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated

Satellite Awards

• Boogie Nights (1998), nominated
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2005), nominated
• Brokeback Mountain (2005), won

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

References

External links

• Dylan Tichenor at the Internet Movie Database