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American film producer
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Matt Chessé
Born (1965-10-27) October 27, 1965 (age 59)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1992–present
SpouseGillian Harwood Chesse
ChildrenClover Chessé and Coco Chessé

Matthew Chessé (born October 27, 1965) is an American film editor, producer, and director who is mainly associated with Independent films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Finding Neverland (2004). Chessé has edited most of the films directed by Marc Forster.

Early life

Chessé was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, and received a bachelor's degree in English literature from San Francisco State University. He attended Ygnacio Valley High School in the SF/EastBay city of Concord graduating with the Class of 1984.

Career

After college he was invited to relocate to Los Angeles to assist Peter Kagan, a director of commercials, at Stiefel and Co.. He next worked as an assistant to Angus Wall, an editor at the commercial editorial shop Rock, Paper, Scissors. Chessé became an editor under the tutelage of David Lee and Lauren Zuckerman. His first project with Marc Forster was on the film Everything Put Together (2000), which led to their collaboration on the very successful film Monster's Ball (2001).

Awards

Chessé has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.

He has been nominated, for an Oscar in 2005: Best Achievement in Editing for Finding Neverland (2004), an Eddie in 2005: Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic for Finding Neverland (2004), and a Satellite Award in 2008: Best Film Editing for Quantum of Solace (2008) which he shared with: Richard Pearson)

Personal life

Chessé currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, two children, Clover and Coco, and one dog named Shortbread.

Editing credits

Matthew Chessé began his career as an editor. His editing credits include:

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
2000 Everything Put Together Marc Forster First collaboration with Marc Forster
2001 Monster's Ball Second collaboration with Marc Forster
2004 Finding Neverland Third collaboration with Marc Forster
2005 Ellie Parker Scott Coffey
Stay Marc Forster Fourth collaboration with Marc Forster
2006 Stranger than Fiction Fifth collaboration with Marc Forster
2007 The Kite Runner Sixth collaboration with Marc Forster
2008 Quantum of Solace Seventh collaboration with Marc Forster
2011 Warrior Gavin O'Connor
Machine Gun Preacher Marc Forster Eighth collaboration with Marc Forster
2013 World War Z Ninth collaboration with Marc Forster
2014 Fort Bliss Claudia Myers
The Best of Me Michael Hoffman
2016 Money Monster Jodie Foster
2018 Paris Song Jeff Vespa
Christopher Robin Marc Forster Tenth collaboration with Marc Forster
2021 Music Sia
Sweet Girl Brian Andrew Mendoza
2022 A Man Called Otto Marc Forster Eleventh collaboration with Marc Forster
2024 White Bird Twelfth collaboration with Marc Forster
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1998 Bongwater Richard Sears Assistant editor
2015 The Gift Joel Edgerton Additional editor
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2005 Ellie Parker Scott Coffey Co-producer
2014 Fort Bliss Claudia Myers Executive producer
Production manager
Year Film Director Role
1998 Bongwater Richard Sears Post-production supervisor
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Director Role
1997 Loved Erin Dignam Second second assistant director
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2007 Harvest Moon Brent Nowak Thanks
2011 Inseparable Dayyan Eng Special thanks
2018 Stuck Jillian Armenante Very special thanks
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
2014 Tyrant 1 episode
2024 True Detective 2 episodes
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
2024 True Detective Editor 1 episode
Additional crew
Year Title Role Notes
2016 No Sleep TV3 Production assistant 1 episode

References

  1. SONY Pictures Entertainment (2006). "Stranger than Fiction: Production Notes", document archived at WebCite 2008-07-06 based on the version posted at this original URL.
  2. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  3. "Matt Chesse - Filmography | IMDbPro".

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