Lisa Gunning

Lisa Gunning is an English film director, editor and writer.

Life and career

She began her career in 1990s, following her graduation from University College London, where she studied English. In 1998, she met director Anthony Minghella while working on a spot for Comic Relief. Their long-running collaboration began with an adaptation of the theatrical short Play as part of the Samuel Beckett season for Channel 4, on which she served as editor. After working on some musical sequences in The Talented Mr Ripley, her first feature as editor was Minghella's Breaking and Entering in 2006, followed by his pilot for the TV series The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency.

She went on to work as an editor with John Madden on crime thriller Killshot, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen for Lasse Hallström and Seven Psychopaths for Martin McDonagh. Gunning has also collaborated extensively with artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood on her BAFTA Award-winning short film Love You More, her first feature film Nowhere Boy and her adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.[1][2][3]

Gunning was in a relationship with Goldfrapp frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp.[4] In 2013, she wrote, directed and edited a thirty minute film for the band based on five stories from their album Tales of Us. The film was streamed to over 400 cinemas across the world in March 2014 and won the award of Best Music Video at the 2014 Byron Bay International Film Festival.

In 2021 Gunning directed three episodes of The Power for Amazon Prime Video, based on Naomi Alderman's book of the same name.[5]

References
  1. "BAFTA Crew Masterclass: Lisa Gunning on Editing". Bafta.org. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. "LSFF: Lisa Gunning explores Tales of Us with I am Dora". Ica.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. Mary Lou Brown. "Reelshow International / Best student films and film schools - Lisa Gunning Features Editor Talks To The Reelshow". Reelshowint.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. Flynn, Paul (28 February 2010). "Alison Goldfrapp walks alone". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  5. "Rob Delaney, Alice Eve Join Cast of Amazon Studios' 'The Power,' from 'Chernobyl' Producer Sister". 8 February 2021.
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