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name: "Noëlle Boisson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/noelle-boisson"
fi1m_id: "noelle-boisson"
imdb_id: "nm0092384"
tmdb_id: 12758
wikidata_id: "Q516046"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:25:31.351072+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."
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# Noëlle Boisson

## Identity

Noëlle Boisson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/noelle-boisson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** noelle-boisson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0092384
- **TMDB ID:** 12758
- **Wikidata ID:** Q516046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABlle_Boisson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12758

Editor. Born 1 December 1944 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 December 1944, France
- **Active:** 1988–2001
- **Also known as:** Noelle Boisson
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://film.one/person/jean-jacques-annaud.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABlle_Boisson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12758

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Cyrano de Bergerac*](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Noëlle Boisson is a French film editor. She graduated from the École Louis-Lumière in Paris in 1966 and began working as an editor on short and documentary films before moving into features.

She is known for her work on *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), for which she won the César Award for Best Editing in 1991. Other credits include *The Bear* (1988), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, *Jean de Florette* (1986), *The Lover* (1992), *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), *Enemy at the Gates* (2001) and *Two Brothers* (2004), the last of which brought her a further César Award in 2005. She has frequently collaborated with directors Jean-Jacques Annaud and Jean-Paul Rappeneau.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)
- *The Bear* (1988), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *In Your Hands* (2011), as La mère d'Anna (voice)
- *His Majesty Minor* (2007), Editor
- *The Airplane* (2005), Editor
- *Volpone* (2004), Editor
- *Two Brothers* (2004), Editor
- *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Editor
- *Vatel* (2000), Editor
- *The Bridge* (1999), Editor
- *A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries* (1998), Editor
- *The Fire That Burns* (1997), Editor
- *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), Editor
- *Shadow Play* (1996), Editor
- *The Horseman on the Roof* (1995), Editor
- *The Flood* (1995), Editor
- *The Machine* (1994), Editor
- *Toxic Affair* (1993), Editor
- *The Lover* (1992), Editor
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)
- *The Bear* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md)
- *Man on Fire* (1987), Editor
- *The Woman of My Life* (1986), Editor
- *Jean de Florette* (1986), Editor
- *The Temptation of Isabelle* (1985), Editor
- *Year of the Dragon* (1985), Editor
- *Paroles et musique* (1984), Editor
- *Lillian Gish* (1984), Editor
- *La Pirate* (1984), Editor
- *The General of the Dead Army* (1983), Editor
- *Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?* (1982), Editor
- *The Prodigal Daughter* (1981), Editor
- *French Fried Vacation 2* (1979), Editor
- *Hothead* (1979), Editor
- *French Fried Vacation* (1978), Editor
- *A Bag of Marbles* (1975), Editor
- *Touched in the Head* (1974), Editor
- *The Year 01* (1973), Editor
- *Le Feu sacré* (1972), Editor
- *La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur* (1972), Editor
- *Papa, the Lil' Boats* (1971), as De Palma's Pedicure · Editor
- *A Very Curious Girl* (1969), Editor
- *Paris top secret* (1969), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1990: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Bear*

### Other awards — 4 won

- César Award for Best Editing 2005: César Award for Best Editing (won), for *Two Brothers*
- César Award for Best Editing 1991: César Award for Best Editing (won), for *Cyrano de Bergerac*
- César Award for Best Editing 1989: César Award for Best Editing (won), for *The Bear*
- César Award for Best Editing 1983: César Award for Best Editing (won), for *Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?*

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

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