Christopher Greenbury

Christopher Greenbury (September 24, 1951 – January 4, 2007) was a British film editor with more than 30 film credits dating from 1979's The Muppet Movie. With Tariq Anwar, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for American Beauty (1999). American Beauty is a serious drama; Greenbury generally edited comedy films, including six directed by the Farrelly brothers commencing with 1994's Dumb and Dumber. Greenbury had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. The director and release date of each film are indicated in parenthesis. In addition to winning the BAFTA, the editors of American Beauty were also nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing, an ACE Eddie Award, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award and the Satellite Award.