Valdís Óskarsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Valdís.

Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1950 in Akureyri, Iceland) is an Icelandic film editor whose work includes The Celebration, Les Misérables, Finding Forrester and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

She received multiple awards in early 2005 for her work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In addition, she has twice won the Danish Film Academy's Robert Award for Best Editing.

Country Wedding is her directorial debut; it premiered in August 2008 in Iceland.

Filmography

Valdís was the primary editor on the following films, unless noted otherwise.

Remote Control (Sódóma Reykjavík) (1992)
The Biggest Heroes (De største helte) (1996)
Dream Hunters (Draumadísir) (1996)
The Last Viking (Den sidste viking) (1997)
The Dance (Dansinn) (1998)
The Celebration (Festen) (1998)
Les Misérables (1998) (additional editor)
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
Mifune's Last Song (Mifunes sidste sang) (1999)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Labyrinth (Labyrinten) (2000) (miniseries)
When the Sun Goes Down (Solen er så rød) (2000)
Bear's Kiss (2002) (consulting editor)
The Sea (Hafið) (2002)
Sweet Dreams (Skagerrak) (2003)
It's All About Love (2003)
Toss-Up (Yazi tura) (2004) (with Uğur Yücel)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Mister Lonely (2005)
Overcoming (2005)
A Man Comes Home (En mand kommer hjem) (2007)
Mongol (Монгол) (2007) (with Zach Staenberg)
Country Wedding (Sveitabrúðkaup) (2008) (also director and screenwriter)
Vantage Point (2008) (replaced by Stuart Baird and credited as additional editor)

Awards and nominations

ACE Awards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), nominated (Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical)

BAFTA Awards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

Danish Film Academy Awards

The Celebration (1998), won
Mifune's Last Song (1999), won

Edda Awards

The Sea (2002), won

Golden Orange Awards

Toss-Up (Yazi tura) (2004), won

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), won

External links

BAFTA Award for Best Editing

Sam O'Steen (1968)
Hugh A. Robertson (1969)
John C. Howard/Richard C. Meyer (1970)
Richard Marden (1971)
Gerald B. Greenberg (1972)
Ralph Kemplen (1973)
Walter Murch/Richard Chew (1974)
Dede Allen (1975)
Richard Chew/Lynzee Klingman/Sheldon Kahn (1976)
Ralph Rosenblum/Wendy Greene Bricmont (1977)
Gerry Hambling (1978)
Peter Zinner (1979)
Alan Heim (1980)
Thelma Schoonmaker (1981)
Françoise Bonnot (1982)
Bud S. Smith/Walt Mulconery (1983)
Jim Clark (1984)
Nena Danevic/Michael Chandler (1985)
Jim Clark (1986)
Claire Simpson (1987)
Michael Kahn/Peter E. Berger (1988)
Gerry Hambling (1989)
Thelma Schoonmaker (1990)
Gerry Hambling (1991)
Joe Hutshing/Pietro Scalia (1992)
Michael Kahn (1993)
John Wright (1994)
John Ottman (1995)
Walter Murch (1996)
Peter Honess (1997)
David Gamble (1998)
Tariq Anwar/Christopher Greenbury (1999)
Pietro Scalia (2000)
Mary Sweeney (2001)
Daniel Rezende (2002)
Sarah Flack (2003)
Valdís Óskarsdóttir (2004)
Claire Simpson (2005)
Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson (2006)
Christopher Rouse (2007)
Chris Dickens (2008)
Chris Innis/Bob Murawski (2009)
Angus Wall/Kirk Baxter (2010)
Gregers Sall/Chris King (2011)
William Goldenberg (2012)

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Name	Oskarsdottir, Valdis
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Short description	Icelandic film editor
Date of birth	1950
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