---
name: "Jacques Witta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacques-witta"
fi1m_id: "jacques-witta"
imdb_id: "nm0936915"
tmdb_id: 1136
wikidata_id: "Q3160200"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "22 April 1934"
died: "14 April 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:45:20.404897+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."
---

# Jacques Witta

## Identity

Jacques Witta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-witta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacques-witta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936915
- **TMDB ID:** 1136
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3160200
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Witta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3160200, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136

Editor. Born 22 April 1934 in Paris, France. Died 14 April 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 22 April 1934, Paris, France
- **Died:** 14 April 2026
- **Active:** 1991–1994
- **Frequently works with:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-kieslowski.md), [Krzysztof Piesiewicz](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz.md), [Irène Jacob](https://film.one/person/irene-jacob.md), [Marin Karmitz](https://film.one/person/marin-karmitz.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Witta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3160200, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Red*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md) (90), [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Double Life of Véronique*](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md) (86)

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## Biography

Jacques Witta (22 April 1934 – 14 April 2026) was a French film editor. He began working in motion picture editing in the late 1950s and edited more than sixty feature films.

Witta is best known for his collaboration with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, which began with *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991) and continued with *Three Colors: Blue* (1993) and *Three Colors: Red* (1994). He also worked with directors including Claude Berri and Jean Becker.

He received the César Award for Best Film Editing twice: in 1984 for *One Deadly Summer* (1983) and in 1994 for *Three Colors: Blue*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Get Well Soon* (2014), Editor
- *Welcome Aboard* (2012), Editor
- *My Afternoons with Margueritte* (2010), Editor
- *Twist of Fate* (2009), Editor
- *Love Me No More* (2008), Editor
- *Sleepwalking Land* (2007), Editor
- *I am from Titov Veles* (2007), Editor
- *Conversations with My Gardener* (2007), Editor
- *Border Café* (2005), Editor
- *The Sun Assassinated* (2004), Editor
- *Outside* (2004), Editor
- *The Fascination* (2003), Editor
- *Strange Gardens* (2003), Editor
- *O Delfim* (2002), Editor
- *Harrison's Flowers* (2000), Editor
- *April Captains* (2000), Editor
- *The Children of the Marshland* (1999), Editor
- *War in the Highlands* (1998), Editor
- *Don Juan* (1998), Editor
- *Women* (1997), Editor
- *Five Days, Five Nights* (1996), Editor
- *Fiesta* (1995), Editor
- *Élisa* (1995), Editor
- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *On the Edge of the Horizon* (1993), Editor
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *Excalibur* (1990), Editor
- *Ennemis intimes* (1987), Editor
- *New Year's Eve At Bob's* (1984), Editor
- *Mint Tea* (1984), Editor
- *L'Addition* (1984), Editor
- *Oiseau de sang* (1984), Editor
- *One Deadly Summer* (1983), Editor
- *Asphalt* (1981), Editor
- *Take It from the Top* (1978), Editor
- *One Wild Moment* (1977), Editor
- *Le Dernier Baiser* (1977), Editor
- *The Probability Factor* (1976), Editor
- *Let's Make a Dirty Movie* (1976), Editor
- *Catherine & Co.* (1975), Editor
- *Zig Zig* (1975), Editor
- *Act of Aggression* (1975), Editor
- *Say it with Flowers* (1974), Editor
- *The White Gloves of the Devil* (1973), Editor
- *Fantasia Among the Squares* (1971), Editor
- *Slogan* (1969), Editor
- *Moranbong* (1960), Editor

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- César Award for Best Editing 1994: César Award for Best Editing (won)
- César Award for Best Editing 1984: César Award for Best Editing (won)

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

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