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{{short description|American film editor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Lebenzon
| image =
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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
}}

'''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.

==Career==
He has been nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]] for the films ''[[Top Gun]]'' (1986) and ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|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 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (2007) and ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|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 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' (2012).

==Filmography (as editor)==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! [[Film director|Director]]
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981<ref name="Doyle p. 360">{{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}}</ref>
|''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]''
|[[Michael Wadleigh]]
|
|-
|''[[One from the Heart]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Francis Ford Coppola]]
|Assistant editor
|-
|1983
|''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]''
|First assistant editor
|-
|1984
|''[[A Breed Apart (1984 film)|A Breed Apart]]''
|[[Philippe Mora]]
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]''
|[[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Top Gun]]''<ref name="Doyle p. 151">{{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}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Tony Scott]]
|Nominated—[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]''<ref name="Taylor 2019 p. 62"/>
|
|-
|''[[Weeds (1987 film)|Weeds]]''
|[[John D. Hancock]]
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Midnight Run]]''
|[[Martin Brest]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]''<ref name="Taylor 2019 p. 62">{{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}}</ref>
|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]]''<ref name="Ament 2014 p. 70">{{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}}</ref>
|[[Tim Burton]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1993
|''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
|[[Henry Selick]]
|Consulting editor
|-
|''[[Josh and S.A.M.]]''
|[[Billy Weber]]
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]''
|Tim Burton
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]''
|Tony Scott
|Nominated—[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
|-
|1996
|''[[Mars Attacks!]]''<ref name="Gems Pop 2021 p. 216">{{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}}</ref>
|Tim Burton
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Con Air]]''
|[[Simon West]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]''
|[[Michael Bay]]
|
|-
|''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''
|Tony Scott
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
|Tim Burton
|Nominated—[[Satellite Award]] for [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|-
|2000
|''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]''
|[[Dominic Sena]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''
|Michael Bay
|
|-
|''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
|Tim Burton
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[XXX (2002 film)|XXX]]''
| [[Rob Cohen]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''[[Radio (2003 film)|Radio]]''
|[[Michael Tollin]]
|
|-
|''[[Big Fish]]''
| Tim Burton
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005
|''[[Man of the House (2005 film)|Man of the House]]''
|[[Stephen Herek]]
|
|-
|''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''<ref name="Doyle p. 151"/>
| rowspan="2" |Tim Burton
|Nominated—[[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]]
|-
|''[[Corpse Bride]]''
| with Jonathan Lucas
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]''
|Tony Scott
|
|-
|''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]''
|[[Stefen Fangmeier]]
|Also additional editor
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
| Tim Burton
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]]<br />[[Awards Circuit Community Awards]] for Best Film Editing<br />Nominated - Gold Derby Awards for Best Film Editing
|-
| 2009
|''[[The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)|The Taking of Pelham 123]]''
|rowspan=2|Tony Scott
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|''[[Unstoppable (2010 film)|Unstoppable]]''
|Nominated—[[Satellite Award]] for [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|-
|''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''<ref name="Doyle p. 151"/>
| rowspan="4" |Tim Burton
|Also executive producer<br />[[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|ACE Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]''
|Also executive producer
|-
|''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
|Nominated—ACE Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film
|-
|''[[Here with Me (The Killers song)|Here with Me]]''
|Music video
|-
|2014
|''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]''
|[[Robert Stromberg]]
|
|-
|2015
|''[[The Last Witch Hunter]]''
|Breck Eisner
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)|Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]]''
|Tim Burton
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Geostorm]]''
|[[Dean Devlin]]
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Dumbo (2019 film)|Dumbo]]''
|Tim Burton
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Dolittle (film)|Dolittle]]''
|[[Stephen Gaghan]]
| with [[Craig Alpert]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2022
|''[[Uncharted (film)|Uncharted]]''
| [[Ruben Fleischer]]
| with [[Richard Pearson (film editor)|Richard Pearson]]
|-
| ''[[Disenchanted (film)|Disenchanted]]''
| [[Adam Shankman]]
| with [[Emma E. Hickox]]
|-
| ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''
| [[Joseph Kosinski]]
| Additional Editor
|-
|2023
| ''[[Ghosted (2023 film)|Ghosted]]''
| [[Dexter Fletcher]]
| with Jim May and Josh Schaeffer
|-
|2024
| ''[[Kraven the Hunter (film)|Kraven the Hunter]]''
| [[J. C. Chandor]]
| Additional Editor
|-
|2025
| ''[[Play Dirty (2025 film)|Play Dirty]]''
| [[Shane Black]]
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|495605|Chris Lebenzon}}

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