Christopher Donaldson

Canadian film and television editor

Christopher Donaldson is a Canadian film and television editor. He is most noted for his work on the film Crimes of the Future, for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.^[1]

He has previously been nominated for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series numerous times for his work in television, winning at the 23rd Gemini Awards in 2008 for his work on The Border,^[2] and receiving nods at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004 and the 22nd Gemini Awards in 2007 for Slings & Arrows, the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Flashpoint, and at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for Vikings.

Filmography

Film

2000 - Vinyl
2000 - The Uncles
2000 - A Word from the Management
2000 - Dream Machine
2001 - Century Hotel
2001 - Khaled
2002 - Getting In
2002 - McLuhan's Wake
2003 - An Idea of Canada
2003 - Luck
2004 - I, Curmudgeon
2005 - Cricket and the Meaning of Life
2006 - Not Pretty, Really
2007 - Loveable
2007 - Four Wings and a Prayer
2007 - Global Metal
2008 - How Are You?
2009 - Waterlife
2010 - Act of Dishonour
2011 - Take This Waltz
2013 - Cottage Country
2013 - The Right Kind of Wrong
2014 - Stage Fright
2015 - Remember
2020 - A Simple Fucking Gesture
2022 - Crimes of the Future
2022 - Women Talking

Television

2001 - The Team
2001 - The Lanza Sessions
2003-05 - Slings & Arrows (18 episodes)
2005 - A Perfect Fake
2006 - The Art of Seduction (one episode)
2007 - Rent-a-Goalie (four episodes)
2008 - The Border (nine episodes)
2009 - Being Erica (one episode)
2009 - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
2010 - The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town (eight episodes)
2010 - The Bridge (four episodes)
2010 - Little Films About Big Moments
2010-12 - Flashpoint (15 episodes)
2011 - Metal Evolution (one episode)
2013 - Played (five episodes)
2014-16 - Penny Dreadful (six episodes)
2016 - Vikings (three episodes)
2017 - The Kennedys: After Camelot
2017-21 - The Handmaid's Tale (18 episodes)
2018 - A Veteran's Christmas
2018-20 - Condor (six episodes)
2019-21 - American Gods (five episodes)
2022 - Reacher (one episode)

References

^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking, 13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023.
^ Jennie Punter, "‘Tudors’ rule at Geminis ". Variety, October 22, 2008.