---
name: "Nelly Quettier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nelly-quettier"
fi1m_id: "nelly-quettier"
imdb_id: "nm0582848"
tmdb_id: 1016336
wikidata_id: "Q3337933"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T02:56:03.258274+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."
---

# Nelly Quettier

## Identity

Nelly Quettier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nelly-quettier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nelly-quettier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0582848
- **TMDB ID:** 1016336
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3337933
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1016336

Editor. Born 1 January 1957 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Denis Lavant](https://film.one/person/denis-lavant.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1016336

## Coming up

- *Le Faux Soir* (2026-12-02), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beau Travail*](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md) (86)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Holy Motors*](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Nelly Quettier is a French film editor. Born in 1957 in Argenteuil, she studied film for a year at Vincennes University (Paris VIII) in 1977 and began her career working as an assistant director before becoming an editor.

She has edited nearly all of Leos Carax’s feature films since *Mauvais Sang* (1986), including *The Lovers on the Bridge* (1991), *Holy Motors* (2012) and *Annette* (2021). She has also worked regularly with Claire Denis on films such as *Beau Travail* (1999) and *Trouble Every Day* (2001), and with Alice Rohrwacher on *Happy as Lazzaro* (2018) and *La Chimera* (2023).

Quettier received the European Film Award for Best Editor in 1992 for *The Lovers on the Bridge* and the César Award for Best Editing in 2022 for *Annette*. She lives in Paris and is a member of the French Film Academy, the European Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: imdb.com, swissfilms.ch, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *La Chimera* (2023), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/la-chimera.md)
- *Holy Motors* (2012), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *Beau Travail* (2000), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *Le Faux Soir* (2026), Editor
- *Another Father* (2025), Editor
- *An Urban Allegory* (2024), Editor
- *Motel Destino* (2024), Editor
- *La Chimera* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/la-chimera.md)
- *The Dam* (2023), Editor
- *Nezouh* (2023), Editor
- *The Line* (2023), Editor
- *Annette* (2021), Editor
- *Talking About Trees* (2019), Editor
- *Street Flow* (2019), Editor
- *Happy as Lazzaro* (2018), Editor
- *Diary of My Mind* (2018), Editor
- *French Tour* (2016), Editor
- *Carpet and Chaos* (2016), Editor
- *The Miracle of Tekir* (2016), Editor
- *Amnesia* (2015), Editor
- *Voilà l'enchaînement* (2014), Editor
- *Week-ends* (2014), Editor
- *Holy Motors* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *11 Flowers* (2012), Editor
- *Sister* (2012), Editor
- *E-love* (2011), Editor
- *Black Heaven* (2010), Editor
- *Civil War* (2010), Editor
- *Little Indi* (2009), Editor
- *Home* (2008), Editor
- *Tokyo!* (2008), Editor
- *A Lost Man* (2007), Editor
- *Terror's Advocate* (2007), Editor
- *Premonition* (2006), Editor
- *Beyond the Ocean* (2006), Editor
- *The Intruder* (2005), Editor
- *History of a Secret* (2003), Editor
- *Friday Night* (2002), Editor
- *Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon* (2002), Editor
- *Pierre or, The Ambiguities* (2001), series, Editor
- *Trouble Every Day* (2001), Editor
- *Beau Travail* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md)
- *O Pedido de Emprego* (2000), Editor
- *Pola X* (1999), Editor
- *Chronicler of the Winds* (1998), Editor
- *Will It Snow for Christmas?* (1996), Editor
- *Concerning Nice* (1995), Editor
- *A. Palolo: Ver o Pensamento a Correr* (1995), Editor
- *Duo* (1995), Editor
- *I Can't Sleep* (1994), Editor
- *Poor George* (1993), Editor
- *The Lovers on the Bridge* (1991), Editor
- *Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi* (1990), Editor
- *Mauvais Sang* (1986), Editor
- *Cent francs l'amour* (1986), Editor
- *Strictement personnel* (1985), Editor
- *The French* (1982), Editor
- *Rink-Hockey – Le Hockey Sur Roulettes* (1982), Editor
- *Plogoff, Stones Against Rifles* (1980), Editor
- *Tandis que j’agonise* (1980), Editor
- *May Days* (1978), Editor
- *The Vampire Factory* (1977), Assistant Director
- *Quiet Land*, Editor

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- César Award for Best Editing 2022: César Award for Best Editing (won), for *Annette*
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2021: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- European Film Award for Best Editor 1992: European Film Award for Best Editor (won), for *Les Amants du Pont-Neuf*

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

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