Dylan Tichenor

Dylan Tichenor (born 1968) is an American film editor and member of American Cinema Editors. He is best known for his works in Boogie Nights (1997), Brokeback Mountain (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Phantom Thread (2017).

Dylan Tichenor
Born	1968 (age 51–52) United States
Education	Greene Street Friends School Central High School
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1991–present

He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Hollywood Film Award and a Satellite Award, and has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards and four Eddie Awards.

Biography

Tichenor grew up watching films with his father.[1] He graduated from Philadelphia's Greene Street Friends School in 1982 and Central High School in 1986.

Tichenor worked as an editor and Geraldine Peroni's assistant on several films in the 1990s, including The Player (1992). His first credit as an editor was for Altman's Jazz '34 (1996). In 2004, Tichenor stepped in to finish his mentor's editing of Brokeback Mountain.[1][2]

Tichenor is one of the notable collaborators for Paul Thomas Anderson's films. He was nominated for the Satellite Award for Boogie Nights (1997) and the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for There Will Be Blood.

Tichenor has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[3]

Filmography

Tichenor was the primary editor on the following films, unless noted otherwise. The film directors are indicated in parentheses.

• The Player (Robert Altman - 1992) (apprentice editor)
• Short Cuts (Robert Altman - 1993) (assistant editor)
• Prêt-à-Porter (Robert Altman - 1994) (assistant editor)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Alan Rudolph - 1994) (associate editor)
• Jazz '34 (Robert Altman - 1996) (with Brent Carpenter)
• Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1996) (post-production coordinator)
• Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1997)
• Hurlyburly (Anthony Drazan - 1998)
• Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson - 1999) (also associate producer)
• Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan - 2000)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson - 2001)
• Cold Creek Manor (Mike Figgis - 2003)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Brad Silberling - 2004) (additional editor)
• Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee - 2005) (with Geraldine Peroni, who died during production)
• There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson - 2007)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik - 2007)
• Doubt (John Patrick Shanley - 2008)
• Whip It (Drew Barrymore - 2009)
• The Town (Ben Affleck - 2010)
• Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow - 2012) (with William Goldenberg)
• Child 44 (Daniel Espinosa - 2015)
• Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson - 2017)
• Antlers (Scott Cooper - 2021)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012), nominated

Eddie Awards

• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), nominated
• Brokeback Mountain (2005), nominated
• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated

BAFTA Awards

• Brokeback Mountain (2005), nominated

Emmy Awards

• Jazz '34 (1996), nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

• Save Me by Aimee Mann (2000) (music video), won

Online Film Critics Society Awards

• There Will Be Blood (2007), nominated

Satellite Awards

• Boogie Nights (1997), nominated
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), nominated
• Brokeback Mountain (2005), won

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations (four films with Paul Thomas Anderson since 1997; There Will Be Blood was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing).

References

1. Kaufman, Debra (2005). "Pieces of Dylan Tichenor", Film & Video, December 1, 2005. Archived at WebCite from this original URL 2008-06-10.
2. "From Heartbreak to Triumph on Brokeback Mountain", interview from Access magazine, January 2006 issue (Avid Technology, Inc.); article archived at WebCite from this original URL on 2008-06-10.
3. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.

External links

• Dylan Tichenor on IMDb