Chris Innis

Christina Jean "Chris" Innis is an American film editor. She was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE awards for "Best Film Editing" on the film The Hurt Locker shared with co-editor, Bob Murawski. She is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and has served as an associate director on the board.

Early life Innis was born and raised in San Diego, California, the daughter of architect Donald Innis and his wife, teacher and floral designer Virginia.

Chris Innis moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she graduated from U.C. Berkeley, majoring in film studies. While a student at Cal Berkeley, Innis interned for several San Francisco production companies, including the commercial company owned and operated by cinematographer Ron Eveslage.

Career highlights Innis completed post-graduate film studies at The California Institute of the Arts and received a MFA degree in filmmaking. During this time, Innis edited music videos featuring rappers Ice Cube, Onyx and DMX, as well as edited the first music video for the band Fine Industrial is Dead directed by Jordan Scott (daughter of notable film director Ridley Scott). Innis also directed and/or produced almost two dozen karaoke videos of hits for Japanese firm Pioneer Electronics.

After a move to Hollywood, Innis worked as the production coordinator on the first season of the long-running hit television series American's Funniest Home Videos. She later worked her way up in post-production alongside film editor, Pietro Scalia, who she assisted on the Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone film JFK. Innis and Scalia worked for six years together on a variety of films including Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane, Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead, White Man's Burden starring John Travolta, and Sam Raimi's cult horror TV pilot American Gothic. Innis was hired by Raimi for the job of lead editor on the CBS/Universal TV horror series American Gothic. Innis has since edited several films including 2010's Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, which won six Academy Awards including best editing. She has also worked on the digital restorations of The Big Gundown and The Swimmer.

Chris Innis appears in the documentary 78/52 directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, a post-modern breakdown of the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

Personal life Since 2008, Innis has been married to fellow film editor and film distributor Bob Murawski. The two were first introduced to one another by Sam Raimi and met while both were editing American Gothic. The couple married shortly after completing work on The Hurt Locker. Her sister is Bay Area artist Cynthia Ona Innis. The Hurt Locker – (Won) – 2010 Academy Award – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – 2010 BAFTA – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – 2010 ACE Eddie Award – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – The Online Film Critics Society – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – The Las Vegas Film Critics Association – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – Boston Society of Film Critics – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – The International Press Academy's Golden Satellite Award – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Won) – International Cinephile Society Award – Best Editing The Hurt Locker – (Nominated) – The Broadcast Film Critics Association Critic's Choice Awards – Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker – (Nominated) – Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Outstanding Editing – Feature Film