---
name: "Matthieu Taponier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthieu-taponier"
fi1m_id: "matthieu-taponier"
imdb_id: "nm3093523"
tmdb_id: 1644757
wikidata_id: "Q55815058"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 October 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:54:30.072122+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."
---

# Matthieu Taponier

## Identity

Matthieu Taponier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthieu-taponier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthieu-taponier
- **IMDb ID:** nm3093523
- **TMDB ID:** 1644757
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55815058
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55815058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3093523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1644757

Editor. Born 19 October 1982 in Paris.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 October 1982, Paris
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55815058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3093523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1644757

## Biography

Matthieu Taponier is a Franco-American film editor and writer. After studying modern literature in Paris, he completed an MFA in filmmaking at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has also trained as a script consultant at the TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch programme.

Taponier edited *Son of Saul* (2015), directed by László Nemes, which received the Grand Prix at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He co-wrote and edited Nemes’s follow-up *Sunset* (2018). His other editing credits include *Beginning* (2020), *Adventures of a Mathematician* (2020) and *The Settlers* (2023). He has worked as a script consultant on several features and tutors at screenwriting workshops.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Son of Saul* (2015), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-saul.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Treat Her Like a Lady* (2026), Editor
- *Coyotes* (2025), Editor
- *A South Facing Window* (2025), Editor
- *City of Wind* (2024), Editor
- *The Settlers* (2023), Editor
- *Anhell69* (2023), Editor
- *Adventures of a Mathematician* (2021), Editor
- *Beginning* (2020), Editor
- *Sunset* (2018), Writer, Editor
- *Yesterday* (2018), Writer
- *Son of Saul* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-saul.md)
- *The Boundary* (2008), Writer
- *Babette* (2007), Production Assistant
- *Impunity*, Editor
- *Night Moves*, Editor

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