---
name: "Affonso Gonçalves"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/affonso-goncalves"
fi1m_id: "affonso-goncalves"
imdb_id: "nm0328557"
tmdb_id: 53713
wikidata_id: "Q24534811"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-03T02:25:49.912121+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Affonso Gonçalves

## Identity

Affonso Gonçalves

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/affonso-goncalves
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** affonso-goncalves
- **IMDb ID:** nm0328557
- **TMDB ID:** 53713
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24534811
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affonso_Gon%C3%A7alves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24534811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53713

Editor. Born 8 June 1967 in Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 June 1967, Brazil
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** Affonso Goncalves
- **Frequently works with:** [Todd Haynes](https://film.one/person/todd-haynes.md), [Christine Vachon](https://film.one/person/christine-vachon.md), [Jessie Buckley](https://film.one/person/jessie-buckley.md), [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md), [Paul Mescal](https://film.one/person/paul-mescal.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2010s 81 (6), 2020s 81 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Romance 4, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $240m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affonso_Gon%C3%A7alves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24534811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53713

## Coming up

- *The Man I Love* (2027-01-14), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*May December*](https://film.one/film/may-december.md) (84), [*The Lost Daughter*](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md) (84), [*I'm Still Here*](https://film.one/film/im-still-here.md) (80), [*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Carol*](https://film.one/film/carol.md) (88), [*Winter's Bone*](https://film.one/film/winters-bone.md) (85), [*Only Lovers Left Alive*](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md) (81)
- **HBO Max:** [*Beasts of the Southern Wild*](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-the-southern-wild.md) (78), [*Mildred Pierce*](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Affonso Gonçalves is a Brazilian film editor born on 8 June 1967 in São Paulo. He studied at the London Film School for three years and at the American Film Institute, graduating in 1993. He has lived and worked in the United States since 1994.

Gonçalves began his career as assistant editor on *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1995). He is a frequent collaborator with directors Todd Haynes (including *Carol* (2015), *Wonderstruck* (2017), *Dark Waters* (2019) and *May December* (2023)) and Jim Jarmusch (including *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), *Paterson* (2016) and *The Dead Don't Die* (2019)). Other credits include *Winter's Bone* (2010), *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012), *The Lost Daughter* (2021), *Don't Worry Darling* (2022) and *Hamnet* (2025).

In 2014 he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the episode "Who Goes There" of the first season of *True Detective*. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Hamnet* (2025), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *I'm Still Here* (2024), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here.md)
- *May December* (2023), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *The Lost Daughter* (2021), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md)
- *Paterson* (2016), Fi1m 84, Music Editor, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Carol* (2015), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-the-southern-wild.md)
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *Winter's Bone* (2010), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/winters-bone.md)
- *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1996), Fi1m 82, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/welcome-to-the-dollhouse.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Man I Love* (2027), Editor
- *Flesh Impact* (2026), Editor
- *Father Mother Sister Brother* (2025), Editor
- *Hamnet* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *Peter Hujar's Day* (2025), Editor
- *I'm Still Here* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here.md)
- *May December* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *Cassandro* (2023), Editor
- *War Pony* (2023), Editor
- *Don't Worry Darling* (2022), Editor
- *A Love Song* (2022), Editor
- *The Lost Daughter* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md)
- *The Velvet Underground* (2021), Editor
- *To Chiara* (2021), Editor
- *Homemade* (2020), series, Editor
- *Wendy* (2020), Editor
- *Dark Waters* (2019), Editor
- *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), Music Editor, Editor
- *The Edge of Democracy* (2019), Editor
- *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), Editor
- *Marfa Girl 2* (2018), Editor
- *Brimstone & Glory* (2017), Editor
- *Wonderstruck* (2017), Editor
- *The Ciambra* (2017), Editor
- *Paterson* (2016), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Little Men* (2016), Editor
- *Gimme Danger* (2016), Editor
- *Carol* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Mediterranea* (2015), Editor
- *Love Is Strange* (2014), Editor
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Marfa Girl* (2012), Editor
- *At Any Price* (2012), Editor
- *Keep the Lights On* (2012), Editor
- *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-the-southern-wild.md)
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *Night Catches Us* (2010), Editor
- *Winter's Bone* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/winters-bone.md)
- *Apocrypha* (2009), Editor
- *Washingtonienne* (2009), Editor
- *Até Quando?* (2008), Editor
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Supervising Editor, Editor
- *Married Life* (2008), Editor
- *The Hawk Is Dying* (2007), Editor
- *Forty Shades of Blue* (2005), Editor
- *Swimmers* (2005), Editor
- *The Door in the Floor* (2004), Editor
- *The Mudge Boy* (2003), Editor
- *Baseado em Estórias Reais* (2002), Editor
- *Tully* (2002), Editor
- *Upheaval* (2002), Editor
- *Fuzzy Logic* (1999), Editor
- *Love from Ground Zero* (1998), Editor
- *The Adventures of Sebastian Cole* (1998), Editor
- *The Delta* (1997), Editor
- *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1996), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/welcome-to-the-dollhouse.md)
- *De Noche*, Editor
- *Color Your Hurt*, Editor

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