---
name: "Françoise Bonnot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francoise-bonnot"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 August 1939"
died: "9 June 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T06:20:00.574308+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."
---

# Françoise Bonnot

Editor. Born 17 August 1939 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 9 June 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 August 1939, Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 9 June 2018
- **Active:** 1969–1982
- **Frequently works with:** [Costa-Gavras](https://film.one/person/costa-gavras.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1980s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Bonnot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16403

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Z*](https://film.one/film/z.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Françoise Bonnot (17 August 1939 – 9 June 2018) was a French film editor. Born in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, she was the daughter of film editor Monique Bonnot. Her early credits include assisting her mother on Jean-Pierre Melville's *Two Men in Manhattan* (1959) and co-editing Henri Verneuil's *A Monkey in Winter* (1962).

Bonnot edited Melville's *Army of Shadows* (1969) and began a long collaboration with Costa-Gavras on *Z* (1969), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Their partnership continued on eight further films over nearly thirty years, including *Missing* (1982), for which she received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing.

She edited more than forty feature films, among them Roman Polanski's *The Tenant* (1976), Michael Cimino's *Year of the Dragon* (1985) and Ridley Scott's *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992). Later credits include four films directed by Julie Taymor: *Titus* (1999), *Frida* (2002), *Across the Universe* (2007) and *The Tempest* (2010).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Missing* (1982), Fi1m 80, Editor, ADR Mixer — [page](https://film.one/film/missing-1982.md)
- *Z* (1969), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *El Gusto* (2012), Editor
- *A View of Love* (2010), Editor
- *The Tempest* (2010), Editor
- *Across the Universe* (2007), Editor
- *Around the Bend* (2004), Editor
- *Frida* (2002), Editor
- *Disappearing Acts* (2000), Editor
- *Titus* (1999), Editor
- *Place Vendôme* (1998), Editor
- *Mad City* (1997), Editor
- *The Apartment* (1996), Editor
- *A Weekend in the Country* (1996), Editor
- *Why Is Mother in My Bed?* (1994), Editor
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), Editor
- *Fat Man and Little Boy* (1989), Editor
- *The Sicilian* (1987), Editor
- *Year of the Dragon* (1985), Editor
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Editor
- *Swann in Love* (1984), Editor
- *Hanna K.* (1983), Editor
- *Missing* (1982), Editor, ADR Mixer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/missing-1982.md)
- *I Sent a Letter to My Love* (1980), Editor
- *Womanlight* (1979), Editor
- *Judith Therpauve* (1978), Editor
- *The Last Romantic Lover* (1978), Editor
- *The Cassandra Crossing* (1976), Editor
- *Black and White in Color* (1976), Editor
- *The Tenant* (1976), Editor
- *Le Futur aux trousses* (1975), Editor
- *Special Section* (1975), Editor
- *Life Size* (1974), Editor
- *Massacre in Rome* (1973), Editor
- *State of Siege* (1972), Editor
- *Four Flies on Grey Velvet* (1971), Editor
- *The Confession* (1970), Editor
- *Army of Shadows* (1969), Editor
- *Z* (1969), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)
- *Guns for San Sebastian* (1967), Editor
- *The 25th Hour* (1967), Editor
- *Any Number Can Win* (1963), Editor
- *A Monkey in Winter* (1962), Editor
- *Two Men in Manhattan* (1959), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1970: Best Film Editing (won), for *Z*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/francoise-bonnot