Film editing: Chris Dickens, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Chris Dickens

“Slumdog Millionaire”

Dickens rode the wave of awards showered on “Slumdog Millionaire,” picking up the Oscar for film editing.

Dickens earned his first Academy Award nomination, and his first victory, by masterfully weaving together a kaleidoscope of spectacular scenery and complicated story lines about an 18-year-old from the slums of Mumbai who lands on the television game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

“Thank you so much for this,” said Dickens, who as a child wanted to be a scientist and later thought of becoming a sculptor and painter before settling on film editing. “I just want to say I had a fantastic time working on this film. I really didn’t want it to end.”