Fine Cuts: The Art of European Film Editing

12  Julia Juaniz

Julia started her career as an assistant film editor in the mid-1980s. She is now one of the most eminent editors in Spain. She has worked a number of times with Carlos Saura, including ‘Tango’ and ‘Goya’. She also cut Victor Erice’s segment ‘Lifeline’ in ‘Ten Minutes Older, the Trumpet’.

I was born in Arellano (Navarra), a village of about one hundred inhabitants located in the north of Spain. My father was a farmer and my mother was a housewife. In my youth I was interested in cinema, photography, reading, mathematics, painting, music and athletics.

Julia Juaniz in her edit suite (Courtesy of Julia Juaniz)

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