Monika Willi
{{Short description|Austrian film editor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Monika Willi
| image = Österreichischer Filmpreis 2019 Foto Call Monika Willi.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Willi in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Innsbruck, Austria
| other_names = Mona Willi
| occupation = Film editor
| years_active =
}}
Monika Willi ({{IPA|de|ˈmoːnika ˈvɪli|lang}}; born 29 May 1968), also known as Mona Willi,{{cite news|last=Kiang|first=Jessica|date=11 February 2022|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/rimini-review-ulrich-seidl-1235175473/|title='Rimini' Review: A Riveting, Upsetting Ulrich Seidl Slow-Burn Electrified by a Stunning Central Turn|work=Variety|access-date=13 March 2022}} is an Austrian film editor. She is best known for her collaborations with filmmakers Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger and Barbara Albert. In 2023, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work on Todd Field's film Tár.
Early life
Monika Willi was born on 29 May 1968 in Innsbruck.{{cite web|url=https://filminstitut.at/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/untitled.pdf|title=PRESSEMAPPE_Untitled_deutsch_final_01.03.17|publisher=Österreichisches Filminstitut|access-date=13 March 2023}} She is the sister of Green Party politician {{ill|Georg Willi|de}},{{cite news|date=25 January 2023|title=Innsbruckerin im Oscar-Rennen, "Corsage" mit Teichtmeister nicht nominiert|url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/30844032/innsbruckerin-im-oscar-rennen-corsage-mit-teichtmeister-nicht-nominiert|newspaper=Tiroler Tageszeitung|language=de|access-date=13 March 2023}} who has served as the mayor of Innsbruck since May 2018.{{cite news|last=Lindner|first=Stefan|date=6 May 2018|title=Willi neuer Bürgermeister von Innsbruck|url=https://tirol.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2911213/|language=de|location=Tyrol|publisher=ORF|access-date=13 March 2023}}
Career
Willi posthumously realized and edited the material of Michael Glawogger, who died of malaria during the production of an untitled film project in Liberia in 2014. Under the title Untitled, it premiered in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2017. Willi created the film using the footage from Glawogger's four and a half months of shooting through the Balkans, Italy and Africa. It also incorporates excerpts from Glawogger's diary.{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_34900.html|title=Berlinale Panorama 2017: The Wound eröffnet Panorama-Hauptprogramm / Schwerpunkte "Schwarze Welten" und "Europa Europa"|date=20 December 2016|website=Berlinale|language=de|access-date=13 March 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225141220/http://www.berlinale.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_34900.html|archive-date=25 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/untitled-michael-glawogger-project-berlin-review/5114601.article|title='Untitled' (Michael Glawogger project): Berlin Review|last=Ide|first=Wendy|date=13 February 2017|website=Screen Daily|access-date=13 March 2023}} At the 2018 Austrian Film Awards, Untitled received four awards, including Best Documentary and Best Editing.{{cite news|date=1 February 2018|title=Österreichischer Filmpreis 2018: 15 Auszeichnungen für vier ORF-kofinanzierte Kinofilme|url=https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/aktuell/filmpreis2018_verleihung100.html|work=ORF|language=de|access-date=13 March 2023}}
In 2017, she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite news|date=29 June 2017|title=Zwei Österreicherinnen unter neuen Mitgliedern der Oscar-Akademie|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000060506135/jessica-hausner-unter-neuen-mitgliedern-der-oscar-akademie|newspaper=Der Standard|language=de|agency=APA|access-date=12 March 2023}}
In 2019, for her work on Wolfgang Fischer's Styx, she was awarded an Austrian Film Award in the category Best Editing.{{cite web|url=https://fm4.orf.at/stories/2961782/|title=So war die Verleihung des Österreichischen Filmpreises 2019|last=Pausch|first=Christian|date=31 January 2019|website=FM4|publisher=ORF|language=de|access-date=13 March 2023}}
In January 2023, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work on Todd Field's film Tár.{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|title=Oscars: Full List of Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/|date=24 January 2023|access-date=24 January 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124150506/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/monika-willi-todd-field-tar-editing-1234811155/|title=Why Todd Field and Monika Willi Edited 'TÁR' in a 15th-Century Scottish Nunnery During Lockdown|last=Hemphill|first=Jim|date=19 February 2023|website=IndieWire|access-date=12 March 2023}}{{cite news|last=Riefe|first=Jordan|date=23 February 2023|title=It wasn't the limited edits that made 'Tár' a joy. It was choosing 'the best of the best'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-02-23/tar-editor-monika-willi-works-closely-with-todd-field|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=12 March 2023}} In his review of Tár, David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Editor Monika Willi makes the expansive running time of more than two-and-a-half hours breathe, but also fly by with gripping tension".{{cite magazine|last=Rooney|first=David|date=1 September 2022|title='Tár' Review: Cate Blanchett Astounds in Todd Field's Blistering Character Study|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/tar-cate-blanchett-todd-field-1235207357/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=13 March 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Suzie Washington | Florian Flicker | |
| 1999
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Frankreich, wir kommen | |
| Hold-Up
| Florian Flicker | |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Edited with Nadine Muse |
| Hainburg – Liebe und Widerstand
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht | |
| Kronen Zeitung – Tag für Tag ein Boulevardstück
| Nathalie Borgers | |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Michael Haneke | |
| Böse Zellen
| |
| 2004
| Ne fais pas ça! | |
| 2005
| |
| 2007
| Michael Haneke | |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Michael Glawogger | |
| The White Ribbon
| Michael Haneke | |
| 2011
| Michael Glawogger | |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Amour | Michael Haneke | |
| {{Ill|The Dead and the Living (2012 film)|de|3=Die Lebenden|lt=The Dead and the Living}}
|Barbara Albert | |
| 2014
| Last Summer | Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli | |
| 2015
| Thank You for Bombing | Barbara Eder | |
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| |
| Untitled
| Michael Glawogger and Monika Willi | Realized and edited after Glawogger's death |
| Happy End
| Michael Haneke | |
| 2018
| Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | |
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| Rimini | |
| Tár
| Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
| Sparta
| Ulrich Seidl | |
| Mein Vater, der Fürst
| Lila Morgan and Lukas Sturm | |
| {{tableTBA}}
| Rose | Markus Schleinzer | |
| {{tableTBA}}
| Juno Mak | Unreleased |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2022
| Funeral for a Dog | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
References
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