---
name: "Olivier Bugge Coutté"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/olivier-bugge-coutte"
fi1m_id: "olivier-bugge-coutte"
imdb_id: "nm1256846"
tmdb_id: 71622
wikidata_id: "Q18912978"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "26 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T21:23:54.106963+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."
---

# Olivier Bugge Coutté

## Identity

Olivier Bugge Coutté

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/olivier-bugge-coutte
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** olivier-bugge-coutte
- **IMDb ID:** nm1256846
- **TMDB ID:** 71622
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18912978
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Bugge_Coutt%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18912978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256846/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71622

Editor. Born 26 May 1970 in København, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 26 May 1970, København, Danmark
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Olivier Bugge
- **Frequently works with:** [Anders Danielsen Lie](https://film.one/person/anders-danielsen-lie.md), [Andrea Berentsen Ottmar](https://film.one/person/andrea-berentsen-ottmar.md), [Eskil Vogt](https://film.one/person/eskil-vogt.md), [Joachim Trier](https://film.one/person/joachim-trier.md), [Renate Reinsve](https://film.one/person/renate-reinsve.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (1), 2020s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Romance 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $68m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Bugge_Coutt%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18912978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256846/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71622

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Worst Person in the World*](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*Sentimental Value*](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md) (79)
- **Netflix:** [*Beginners*](https://film.one/film/beginners.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Apprentice*](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Olivier Bugge Coutté is a Danish film editor. He was born on 26 May 1970 in Copenhagen.

He has edited all six feature films directed by Joachim Trier, including *Reprise* (2006), *Oslo, August 31st* (2011), *Thelma* (2017) and *The Worst Person in the World* (2021). His other credits include *The Apprentice* (2024) and *The Promised Land* (2023).

Coutté received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *Sentimental Value* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Sentimental Value* (2025), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md)
- *The Apprentice* (2024), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)
- *Beginners* (2011), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Sentimental Value* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md)
- *Acts of Love* (2025), Editor
- *The Apprentice* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Matters of the Heart* (2024), Editor
- *The Promised Land* (2023), Editor
- *The Pod Generation* (2023), Editor
- *Copenhagen Does Not Exist* (2023), Editor
- *Copenhagen Cowboy* (2023), series, Editor
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)
- *The Good Traitor* (2020), Editor
- *Congo* (2018), Editor
- *Violently in Love* (2017), Editor
- *Thelma* (2017), Editor
- *A Conspiracy of Faith* (2016), Editor
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), Editor
- *The Idealist* (2015), Editor
- *Virgin Mountain* (2015), Editor
- *Bridgend* (2015), Editor
- *Arthur Newman* (2012), Editor
- *Oslo, August 31st* (2011), Editor
- *Beginners* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)
- *Unmade Beds* (2009), Editor
- *The 27 Club* (2008), Editor
- *Arn: The Knight Templar* (2007), Additional Editor
- *The Secret War* (2006), Editor
- *Reprise* (2006), Editor
- *Lykketoft Final* (2005), Editor
- *Fucking 14* (2004), Editor
- *Stjernekigger* (2002), Editor
- *Still* (2001), Editor
- *Pieta* (2000), Editor
- *The Kingdom* (1994), series, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2027: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Sentimental Value*
- 2026: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Sentimental Value*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Amanda Award for Best Editing 2026: Amanda Award for Best Editing (won), for *Sentimental Value*
- Amanda Award for Best Editing 2012: Amanda Award for Best Editing (won), for *Oslo, August 31st*

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

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