---
name: "Monika Willi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/monika-willi"
fi1m_id: "monika-willi"
imdb_id: "nm0929889"
tmdb_id: 55491
wikidata_id: "Q16665084"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "29 May 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:20:21.081424+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."
---

# Monika Willi

## Identity

Monika Willi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/monika-willi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** monika-willi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0929889
- **TMDB ID:** 55491
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16665084
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Willi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16665084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55491

Editor. Born 29 May 1968 in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 29 May 1968, Innsbruck, Austria
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Mona Willi
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Haneke](https://film.one/person/michael-haneke.md), [Veit Heiduschka](https://film.one/person/veit-heiduschka.md), [Isabelle Huppert](https://film.one/person/isabelle-huppert.md), [Nadine Muse](https://film.one/person/nadine-muse.md), [Stefan Arndt](https://film.one/person/stefan-arndt.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $77m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Willi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16665084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55491

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*TÁR*](https://film.one/film/tar.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Piano Teacher*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Monika Willi, also credited as Mona Willi, is an Austrian film editor. She was born on 29 May 1968 in Innsbruck. She has worked as an editor since the 1990s and is known for her collaborations with directors Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger and Barbara Albert.

Willi edited Haneke’s *The Piano Teacher* (2001), *Time of the Wolf* (2003), *Funny Games* (2007), *The White Ribbon* (2009), *Amour* (2012) and *Happy End* (2017). She completed and co-directed Glawogger’s *Untitled* (2017) after his death during filming, winning Austrian Film Awards for best documentary and best editing. Her other credits include *Styx* (2018) and *TÁR* (2022). She received an Academy Award nomination for best film editing for *TÁR* and multiple Austrian Film Awards for editing.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, womenfilmeditors.princeton.edu, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Amour* (2012), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Die andere Seite* (2026), Editor
- *Vintersaga* (2023), Editorial Consultant
- *The Fundraiser* (2023), Editor
- *TÁR* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Sparta* (2022), Editor
- *Rimini* (2022), Editor
- *Funeral for a Dog* (2022), series, Editor
- *Meanwhile on Earth* (2020), Consulting Editor
- *Styx* (2018), Editor
- *Making of Happy End* (2018), Editor, Director
- *Happy End* (2017), Editor
- *Untitled* (2017), Editor, Director
- *Wild Mouse* (2017), Editor
- *Thank You for Bombing* (2015), Editor
- *Last Summer* (2014), Editor
- *The Dead and the Living* (2012), Editor
- *Amour* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *Contact High* (2009), Editor
- *Funny Games* (2008), Editor
- *Workingman's Death* (2005), Editor
- *Visions of Europe* (2004), Editor
- *Don't Do That!* (2004), Editor
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), Editor
- *To the Future through the Night* (2003), Editor
- *Citizen Krone, Austria between the Lines* (2002), Editor
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *Der Überfall* (2000), Editor
- *France, Here We Come!* (2000), Editor
- *Northern Skirts* (1999), Editor
- *Suzie Washington* (1998), Editor
- *Im Namen Gottes* (1996), Editor
- *Distances*, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Monika Willi](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-542d7894aacd.jpg) Monika Willi — Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2019_Foto_Call_Monika_Willi.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2019_Foto_Call_Monika_Willi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monika Willi, Austrian Film Awards 2013 (Vienna).](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-e7f66641783a.jpg) Monika Willi, Austrian Film Awards 2013 (Vienna). — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2013_B_Monika_Willi.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2013_B_Monika_Willi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monika Willi and Martin Gschlacht opening the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria.](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-c839279d3aa7.jpg) Monika Willi and Martin Gschlacht opening the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria. — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_05_Monika_Willi_Martin_Gschlacht.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_05_Monika_Willi_Martin_Gschlacht.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monika Willi and Martin Gschlacht opening the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria.](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-a2bd76ca48fb.jpg) Monika Willi and Martin Gschlacht opening the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria. — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_06_Monika_Willi_Martin_Gschlacht.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_06_Monika_Willi_Martin_Gschlacht.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monika Willi, opening speech at the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria.](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-f5adac06d3b7.jpg) Monika Willi, opening speech at the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria. — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_07_Monika_Willi.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_07_Monika_Willi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Awardees of the Austrian Film Awards 2017 (Rathaus, Vienna,Austria).](https://film.one/media/person/100302/gallery-9679e55bd32c.jpg) Awardees of the Austrian Film Awards 2017 (Rathaus, Vienna,Austria). — Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2017_Gewinner_a.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2017_Gewinner_a.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Tár*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Romy 2023: Romy (won)
- Austrian Film Award for Best Editing 2013: Austrian Film Award for Best Editing (won), for *Die Lebenden*
- Austrian Film Award for Best Editing 2012: Austrian Film Award for Best Editing (nominated), for *Whores' Glory*

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

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