David Wharnsby

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David Wharnsby (born June 20, 1967 in Waterloo, Ontario) is a Canadian film editor who lives in Toronto.

He won a Genie Award in 2004 for his work on Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World. He recently collaborated with his wife Sarah on the critically-acclaimed feature-length film Away from Her, which Sarah directed.

Some of David's numerous credits include CBC’s miniseries Northern Town, directed by Gary Burns, At The Hotel, directed by Ken Finkleman, TIFF top ten films, I, Claudia, by Chris Abraham and The Uncles by Jim Allodi, Ken Finkleman’s Gemini winning The Newsroom and Foreign Objects, Genie-winning short I Shout Love by Sarah Polley, Atom Egoyan’s Gemini winning Sarabande, Emmy-nominated The Four Seasons and Don Giovanni Unmasked by Barbara Willis Sweete, David Weaver’s Siblings and Century Hotel, and Genie-nominated Three Stories by Semi Chellas. David received a Gemini Award for his work on Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary The Holier It Gets. He has also worked with Jennifer on the Gemini-winning The True Meaning of Pictures, and the Emmy winning Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles.

Wharnsby married actress Sarah Polley in September of 2003. His mother Marnie was host of a children's television show in the 1960s for CKCO-TV; his brother Tim is a sports reporter with The Globe and Mail.

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