Susan Shipton
Encyclopedia
Susan Shipton is an award-winning Canadian
film editor
.
Shipton has collaborated with director Atom Egoyan
on eight projects. Her editing credits include The Adjuster
, Love and Death on Long Island
, I Love a Man in Uniform
, Foolproof
, When Night Is Falling
, Breakfast with Scot
, Exotica
, Where the Truth Lies
and Chloe
. She also wrote, produced, and directed the short film Hindsight.
Shipton has been nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing
six times and has won twice, for The Sweet Hereafter
in 1997 and Possible Worlds
in 2001. She also won the 2005 Directors Guild of Canada
Craft Award for Being Julia
.
Shipton is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors
honours society.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
film editor
Film editing
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
.
Shipton has collaborated with director Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
on eight projects. Her editing credits include The Adjuster
The Adjuster
The Adjuster is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan. It premiered at the New York Film Festival.The Adjuster tells the story of an insurance adjuster who becomes intimate with his clients. The adjuster initially appears to want to help his clients but as the movie unfolds it is clear...
, Love and Death on Long Island
Love and Death on Long Island
Love and Death on Long Island is a 1997 UK / Canadian film directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock and Anne Reid....
, I Love a Man in Uniform
I Love a Man in Uniform (film)
I Love a Man in Uniform is a Canadian film, directed by David Wellington and released in 1993.-Plot:The film, a dark psychological drama, stars Tom McCamus as Henry Adler, a bank employee and struggling actor who finally gets his big break, being cast as a police officer in a television series...
, Foolproof
Foolproof
Foolproof is a 2003 Canadian heist film directed by William Phillips and starring Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky, and James Allodi. It was the first attempt by a Canadian studio to create a heist movie, in the same vein as Ocean's Eleven...
, When Night Is Falling
When Night is Falling
When Night is Falling is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema.-Plot:The film stars Pascale Bussières as Camille Baker, a university literature professor at a religious college struggling with both her tenure-track career and her troubled relationship with fellow professor Martin...
, Breakfast with Scot
Breakfast with Scot
Breakfast with Scot is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It is adapted from the novel by Tufts University professor Michael Downing.The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by Laurie Lynd...
, Exotica
Exotica (film)
Exotica is a 1994 Canadian film set primarily in and around the Exotica strip club in Toronto, Canada. It was written and directed by Atom Egoyan. Music used includes "Montagues and Capulets".-Synopsis:...
, Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies is a 2005 Canadian/British drama film, written and directed by Atom Egoyan. It stars Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, and Alison Lohman, and is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Rupert Holmes.-Plot:...
and Chloe
Chloe (film)
Chloe is a 2009 erotic thriller directed by Atom Egoyan, a remake of the 2004 French film Nathalie.... This version stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried in the title role...
. She also wrote, produced, and directed the short film Hindsight.
Shipton has been nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing
The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film editor.-1st Genie Awards:* Stan Cole, Murder By Decree* Jean Beaudin, Cordelia* Ron Wisman, Fish Hawk...
six times and has won twice, for The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter is a 1991 novel by American author Russell Banks. It is set in a small town in the aftermath of a deadly school bus accident that has killed most of the town's children...
in 1997 and Possible Worlds
Possible Worlds (film)
Possible Worlds is a 2000 Canadian film adaptation of the play of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Lepage, and stars Tom McCamus and Tilda Swinton...
in 2001. She also won the 2005 Directors Guild of Canada
Directors Guild of Canada
The Directors Guild of Canada is a Canadian labour union, founded in 1962, which represents more than 3,700 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. The DGC represents directors, assistant directors, location managers, production assistants and...
Craft Award for Being Julia
Being Julia
Being Julia is a 2004 drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham...
.
Shipton is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors
Canadian Cinema Editors
Canadian Cinema Editors is an professional association of film editors, founded in 2007. The non-profit organization promotes picture editing in television, film and new media.- 2011 C.C.E. Award Winners : Best Editing in Feature Length Dramatic...
honours society.