Joe Walker

Joe Walker

EditorSound DepartmentComposer
Born
October 2, 1963
Awards
28 wins, 154 nominations

In 2022, British film editor Joe Walker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Dune. Walker is also a two-time Academy Award nominee and a three-time BAFTA nominee for his work on the films 12 Years a Slave, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Walker was nominated for the Evening…

Biography

In 2022, British film editor Joe Walker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Dune. Walker is also a two-time Academy Award nominee and a three-time BAFTA nominee for his work on the films 12 Years a Slave, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Walker was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award in 2009, and the British Independent Film Award in 2010. In 2012, he won the European Film Award for Best Editor for the feature film Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Additionally, Walker was nominated for The Satellite Award in 2011, 2013, 2015 and was the winner in 2016 for the American crime thriller-movie Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Walker has received a string of four nominations over five years from the American Cinema Editor's Award for the Best Edited Dramatic Feature Film. In 2016, Walker won this award for Arrival.

In 2018, Walker cut the film Widows for director Steve McQueen. Walker is currently editing Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two.

Producer

Lila(2023)

Editorial Department

BlackhatBlackhat(2015)

Self

A Life in Frames - Joe WalkerA Life in Frames - Joe Walker(2025)as Joe Walker
The 29th Satellite AwardsThe 29th Satellite Awards(2025)as Self - Winner Film Editing for Dune: Part Two
Canadian Screen Awards 2024Canadian Screen Awards 2024(2024)as Self - Editor
Deeper into the Desert: The Sounds of DuneDeeper into the Desert: The Sounds of Dune(2024)as Self
SRF DOKSRF DOK(1990)as Self

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