Henri Colpi

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Henri Colpi (July 15, 1921 - Brigue, Switzerland – 14 January 2006 - Menton, France) was a French film editor and film director, most well-known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival for his film Une aussi longue absence with Viridiana, which was directed by Luis Bunuel.

Written by Marguerite Duras, the film featured Alida Valli in a major role and included music by Georges Delerue.

His major contribution to French cinema of the post-1945 era was as a film editor. He worked with Alain Resnais on Hiroshima mon amour and L'Année dernière à Marienbad.

In addition to acting, editing, sound recording, and a variety of functions in the post-War years, he was featured in a French television series, Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (The History of French Cinema By Those Who Made It) in 1974, and he continued to work into the 1990s.