Mick Audsley Explained

Mick Audsley
Birth Date:23 June 1949
Nationality:British
Years Active:1976–present
Awards:BAFTA TV Award for Best Film or Video Editor (Fiction/Entertainment)
1993 Screen Two

Mick Audsley (born 23 June 1949 in Rochester, England) is a British film and television editor with more than thirty film credits. He is a frequent collaborator of directors Mike Newell and Stephen Frears, having edited 15 films for Frears.

Life and career

Audsley was educated at Sevenoaks School,[1] a boarding independent school in the town of Sevenoaks in Kent, in South East England. He then attended Hornsey College of Art and the Royal College of Art where he worked as a sound and then picture editor on various projects for the BFI Production Board. Audsley is married to fellow editor Joke van Wijk, together they have two children.

Audsley has had a notable collaboration with the director Stephen Frears from 1982 to present. In 1988, Audsley was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Dangerous Liaisons, and the BAFTA TV Award for The Snapper both of which were directed by Frears. Audsley also has had a comparably extended collaboration with director Mike Newell editing for films such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Love in the Time of Cholera and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
1976King LearSteven Rumbelow
1978My Way HomeBill Douglas
News from NowhereAlister Hallum
1980Brothers and SistersRichard Woolley
Schiele in PrisonMick Gold
1981Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography Phil Mulloy
1982An Unsuitable Job for a WomanChris Petit
The PrivilegeIan KnoxShort film
WalterStephen FrearsTelevision film
1983Walter & June
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name OnlyJane Howell
The Terence Davies TrilogyTerence DaviesEdited the segment "Madonna and Child"
1984The Cold RoomJames DeardenTelevision film
The HitStephen Frears
1985Dance with a StrangerMike Newell
My Beautiful LaundretteStephen Frears
1986ComradesBill Douglas
1987Prick Up Your EarsStephen Frears
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1988SoursweetMike Newell
Dangerous LiaisonsStephen FrearsNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1989We're No AngelsNeil Jordan
1990The GriftersStephen Frears
1992Hero
1993Screen TwoEdited "The Snapper"
BAFTA TV Award for Best Film or Video Editor (Fiction/Entertainment)
1994Interview with the VampireNeil JordanCo-edited with Joke van Wijk
199512 MonkeysTerry Gilliam
1996The VanStephen Frears
1997The Serpent's KissPhilippe Rousselot
1998The AvengersJeremiah S. Chechik
2000High FidelityStephen Frears
2001Captain Corelli's MandolinJohn Madden
2002Dirty Pretty ThingsStephen Frears
2003Mona Lisa SmileMike Newell
2005ProofJohn Madden
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMike Newell
2007Love in the Time of Cholera
2008KillshotJohn MaddenCo-edited with Lisa Gunning
2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusTerry Gilliam
2010Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeMike NewellCo-edited with Michael Kahn and Martin Walsh
Tamara DreweStephen Frears
2011The Wholly FamilyTerry GilliamShort film
Angels CrestGaby DellalCo-edited with Giles Bury
How to Steal 2 MillionCharlie VundlaSenior editor
2012Lay the FavoriteStephen Frears
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightTelevision film
The Zero TheoremTerry Gilliam
2014MohammedMustapha KseibatiShort film
Consultant
2015EverestBaltasar Kormákur
2016AlliedRobert ZemeckisCo-edited with Jeremiah O'Driscoll
2017Murder on the Orient ExpressKenneth Branagh
2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldArmando Iannucci
2022PinocchioRobert ZemeckisCo-edited with Jesse Goldsmith

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Old Sennockians - Film, theatre and television. Sevenoaks School, Kent. 2 October 2017.