---
name: "Matt Chessé"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-chesse"
fi1m_id: "matt-chesse"
imdb_id: "nm0156276"
tmdb_id: 13005
wikidata_id: "Q1909156"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "27 October 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T19:50:52.279555+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."
---

# Matt Chessé

## Identity

Matt Chessé

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-chesse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-chesse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0156276
- **TMDB ID:** 13005
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1909156
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Chess%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13005

Editor. Born 27 October 1965 in San Francisco.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 27 October 1965, San Francisco
- **Active:** 2004–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Marc Forster](https://film.one/person/marc-forster.md), [Dustin Hoffman](https://film.one/person/dustin-hoffman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (4), 2010s 69 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 3, Fantasy 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,586m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Chess%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13005

## Coming up

- *DreamQuil* (2026-10-29), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58), [*World War Z*](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*True Detective*](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Warrior*](https://film.one/film/warrior.md) (80)
- **Peacock:** [*Stranger Than Fiction*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Christopher Robin*](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md) (62)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Kite Runner*](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Matt Chessé is an American film editor. Born on 27 October 1965 in San Francisco, he studied English literature at San Francisco State University before beginning his career in commercials and as an assistant editor.

He first collaborated with director Marc Forster on *Everything Put Together* (2000). Their subsequent work together includes *Monster's Ball* (2001), *Finding Neverland* (2004), *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), *Quantum of Solace* (2008), *World War Z* (2013) and *A Man Called Otto* (2022). Chessé received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *Finding Neverland* and is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Warrior* (2011), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Kite Runner* (2007), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md)
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *DreamQuil* (2026), Editor
- *White Bird* (2023), Editor
- *Run* (2023), Editor
- *A Man Called Otto* (2022), Editor
- *Sweet Girl* (2021), Editor
- *Music* (2021), Editor
- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Paris Song* (2018), Editor
- *Money Monster* (2016), Editor
- *La grande sortie* (2015), Editor
- *The Gift* (2015), Editor
- *The Best of Me* (2014), Editor
- *Fort Bliss* (2014), Executive Producer, Editor
- *True Detective* (2014), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Face in the Crowd* (2013), Editor
- *World War Z* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Machine Gun Preacher* (2011), Editor
- *Warrior* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/warrior.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Kite Runner* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kite-runner.md)
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Ellie Parker* (2005), Editor
- *Stay* (2005), Editor
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Monster's Ball* (2001), Editor
- *Everything Put Together* (2001), Editor
- *Ellie Parker* (2001), Editor, Producer
- *An Evil Town* (1995), Actor
- *Tom Waits: Big Time* (1988), Production Assistant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2005: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Finding Neverland*

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

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