Affonso Gonçalves

Affonso Gonçalves (born 8 June 1967) is a Brazilian film editor. He is best known for editing many critically acclaimed films such as Winter's Bone, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Carol (2015), Paterson (2016), and Wonderstruck (2017).

In 2014, Gonçalves was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the episode "Who Goes There" in the first season of True Detective.

Early life Gonçalves was born in Brazil. He studied at the London International Film School for three years before studying at the American Film Institute for two and a half years. Gonçalves is a frequent collaborator of Todd Haynes's, beginning with Mildred Pierce. Gonçalves was nominated for an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television. He edited Carol (2015) and received a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Editing.

Gonçalves is also frequent collaborator of Jim Jarmusch, beginning on Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and he served as the films editor and music editor. He also edited Paterson (2016) and Gimme Danger (2016).

Gonçalves received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for his work on True Detective (2014). He won an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television.

In 2016, Gonçalves edited Little Men, directed by Ira Sachs.

In December 2021, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing for his work on A Chiara.

Partial filmography Year Title Director 1996 The Delta Ira Sachs 1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Tod Williams Trans Julian Goldberger 2004 The Door in the Floor Tod Williams 2005 Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs 2006 The Hawk Is Dying Julian Goldberger 2007 Married Life Ira Sachs 2010 Night Catches Us Tanya Hamilton Winter's Bone Debra Granik 2011 Mildred Pierce Todd Haynes 2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin Keep the Lights On Ira Sachs Marfa Girl Larry Clark 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch 2014 Love Is Strange Ira Sachs True Detective Cary Joji Fukunaga 2015 Carol Todd Haynes Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano 2016 Gimme Danger Jim Jarmusch Paterson Jim Jarmusch Little Men Ira Sachs 2017 A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano Wonderstruck Todd Haynes 2018 Marfa Girl 2 Larry Clark 2019 The Dead Don't Die Jim Jarmusch Dark Waters Todd Haynes 2020 Wendy Benh Zeitlin 2021 The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes A Chiara Jonas Carpignano The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal 2022 Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde 2023 May December Todd Haynes 2024 I'm Still Here Walter Salles 2025 Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs Hamnet Chloé Zhao Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch 2026 The Man I Love Ira Sachs