Chris Lebenzon

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| name = Chris Lebenzon

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| birth_name = Christopher John Lebenzon

| birth_date = October 29

| birth_place = Redwood City, California, USA

| occupation = Film editor

| years_active = 1981–present

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Christopher John Lebenzon is an American film editor with more than 50 film credits dating from 1981. The films he has edited have grossed over $10 billion worldwide.

He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the films Top Gun (1986) and Crimson Tide (1995). He is a member of the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E) and has been nominated six times having won The Eddie Award for his work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). He is noted particularly for working with directors Michael Bay, Tony Scott and has worked with Tim Burton for over 25 years.

In addition to editing, he has also served as an executive producer on Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).

Filmography (as editor)

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! Year

! Film

! Director

! Notes

rowspan="2" |1981{{cite book | last=Doyle | first=M. | title=Hancock On Hancock | publisher=BearManor Media | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW9iDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT360 | access-date=2024-04-06 | page=360}}

|Wolfen

|Michael Wadleigh

One from the Heart

| rowspan="2" |Francis Ford Coppola

|Assistant editor

1983

|The Outsiders

|First assistant editor

1984

1985

1986

|Top Gun{{cite book | last=Doyle | first=M. | title=Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters | publisher=BearManor Media | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlV1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151 | access-date=2024-04-06 | page=151}}

| rowspan="2" |Tony Scott

|Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing

rowspan=2|1987

|Beverly Hills Cop II

Weeds

|John D. Hancock

1988

|Midnight Run

|Martin Brest

rowspan=2|1990

|Revenge{{cite book | last=Taylor | first=L. | title=Tony Scott: A Filmmaker on Fire | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-4766-7566-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 | access-date=2024-04-06 | page=62}}

|rowspan=2|Tony Scott

Days of Thunder

rowspan="2" |1991

|Hudson Hawk

|Michael Lehmann

The Last Boy Scout

|Tony Scott

|Additional editor

1992

|Batman Returns{{cite book | last=Ament | first=V.T. | title=The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-135-02171-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lypEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT70 | access-date=2024-04-06 | page=70}}

|Tim Burton

rowspan="2" |1993

|The Nightmare Before Christmas

|Henry Selick

|Consulting editor

Josh and S.A.M.

|Billy Weber

1994

|Ed Wood

|Tim Burton

1995

|Crimson Tide

|Tony Scott

|Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing

1996

|Mars Attacks!{{cite book | last1=Gems | first1=J. | last2=Pop | first2=M. | title=Mars Attacks Memoirs | publisher=Quota Books Limited | year=2021 | isbn=978-1-9162460-5-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2akWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT216 | language=fr | access-date=2024-04-06 | page=216}}

|Tim Burton

1997

|Con Air

|Simon West

rowspan=2|1998

|Armageddon

|Michael Bay

Enemy of the State

|Tony Scott

1999

|Sleepy Hollow

|Tim Burton