Laurent Sénéchal Explained

Laurent Sénéchal
Occupation:	Film editor
Years Active:	2002–present

Laurent Sénéchal is a French film editor. He has been involved as an editor and assistant editor in over 30 television and film productions since the beginning of the 2000s. He is well known for his collaborations with Arthur Harari and Justine Triet. For his work on Triet's legal drama film Anatomy of a Fall (2023), he won, among other accolades, the European Film Award for Best Editor.^[1] At the 96th Academy Awards, he was nominated for the Best Film Editing.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2002	Bohalle	Benoît Boussard	Short
2005	Des jours dans la rue	Arthur Harari	Short
2007	La Main sur la gueule	Arthur Harari
2009	Nid d'oiseau	Ho Lam	Short
2010	Des ombres dans la maison	Justine Triet	Documentary
2011	Dahu	Tom Harari	Short
2013	Peine perdue	Arthur Harari	Short
2014	Madeleine et les deux Apaches	Christelle Lheureux	Short
	La nuit tombe	Benjamin Papin	Short
2016	Dark Inclusion	Arthur Harari
	In Bed with Victoria	Justine Triet
2017	Wallay	Berni Goldblat
	Le collectionneur	Thomas Lévy-Lasne	Short
2018	Le cinéma de maman	Valérie Donzelli	Short
	Real Love	Claire Burger
2019	Sibyl	Justine Triet
2021		Arthur Harari
2023	Dilemne, dilemme	Jacky Goldberg	Short
	Anatomy of a Fall	Justine Triet

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result
Academy Awards	10 March 2024	Best Film Editing	Anatomy of a Fall		^[3]
César Awards	23 February 2024	Best Editing			^[4]
British Academy Film Awards	18 February 2024	Best Editing			^[5]
European Film Awards	9 December 2023	Best Editor			^[6]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	10 December 2023	Best Editing			^[7]
Paris Film Critics Association	7 February 2022	Best Editing			^[8]
	4 February 2024		Anatomy of a Fall		^[9]
San Diego Film Critics Society	19 December 2023	Best Editing			^[10]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	9 January 2024	Best Film Editing			^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: These are the winners of the Excellence Awards 2023. European Film Awards. 30 November 2023. 30 November 2023.
2. 23 January 2024. Oscar Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here. Vanity Fair. 23 January 2024.
3. Lang. Brent. Moreau. Jordan. 23 January 2024. Oscar Nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates With 13 Nods, 'Poor Things' Follows With 11. Variety. 23 January 2024.
4. News: Barat. Mathilde. 23 February 2024. César 2024: Anatomie d'une chute sacré meilleur film. Le palmarès complet de la 49^e cérémonie. Le Figaro. fr. 24 February 2024.
5. Web site: Ritman . Alex . Shafer . Ellise . 18 January 2024 . BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Oppenheimer' and 'Poor Things' Lead as 'Barbie' Falls Short . Variety. 23 January 2024.
6. Roxborough. Scott. 9 December 2023. 'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film at 2023 European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. 23 January 2024.
7. Davis. Clayton. 10 December 2023. 'The Zone of Interest' Wins Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Four Women Take Acting Prizes (Full Winners List). Variety. 23 January 2024.
8. Web site: 12 January 2022 . Les 1ers Paris Film Critics Awards dévoilent leurs nominations . The 1st Paris Film Critics Awards reveal their nominations . Écran Total . fr . 16 January 2024 . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627115049/https://ecran-total.fr/2022/01/12/les-1ers-paris-film-critics-awards-devoilent-leurs-nominations/ . live.
9. Web site: 9 January 2024 . Paris Film Critics Awards 2024: List of Nominees . Sortiraparis . 12 January 2024 . 12 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112222231/https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/307168-paris-film-critics-awards-2024-list-of-nominations . live.
10. Web site: San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: Kelly Fremon Craig's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' Named Best Picture. Anderson. Erik. 19 December 2023. AwardsWatch. 23 January 2024.
11. Web site: San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Nominations. Anderson. Erik. 5 January 2024. AwardsWatch. 23 January 2024.