Simona Paggi

{{short description|Italian film editor (born 1962)}}

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| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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| occupation = Film editor

| yearsactive = 1984-present

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Simona Paggi (born 29 December 1962) is an Italian film editor.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work in the film Life Is Beautiful (1997){{Cite news |url= http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999 |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=May 26, 2019 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}} and won the David di Donatello for Best Editing for her work in The Stolen Children (1992).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw3Z_YIKOVEC&pg=PA270 |title=I premi del cinema |first=Enrico |last=Lancia |publisher=Gremese Editore |year=1998 |page=270 |isbn=9788877422217}} During her career, she became a close collaborator of directors like Gianni Amelio,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EVbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT125 |title=Fine Cuts: Interviews on the Practice of European Film Editing |first=Roger |last=Crittenden |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=20 May 2018 |page=125 |isbn=9781315475110 |edition=2nd}} Emanuele Crialese and John Turturro.{{cite journal |url=http://www.unitel.de/media/files/produktpdf/82dc605c26_p_2789.pdf |title=Passione. A Musical Adventure |first=John |last=Turturro |author-link=John Turturro |editor=The Campania Region and of the European Union |editor2=Film Commission of the Campania Region |editor3=Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities General Directorate for Cinema |editor4=Cinecittà Luce |editor4-link=Cinecittà Luce |editor5=Rai Cinema |editor6=Madeleine |journal=Beta Film |page=6 |access-date=31 July 2019 |year=2010}}