Francine Sandberg

Francine Sandberg is a French film editor. She is known for working as an editor for several films directed by Chantal Akerman and Cédric Klapisch, including News from Home, L'Auberge Espagnole (2002), Russian Dolls (2005), and Paris (2008), and has been nominated three times for the César Award for Best Editing.

Biography Francine Sandberg was born as the daughter of Suzanne Sandberg, a film editor whose works include the 1959 film Head Against the Wall.

She was the editor of News from Home (1977), directed by Chantal Akerman. Later, she was the editor of three more Chantal Akerman films: Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978), Les Années 80 (1983), and Night and Day (1991). She was nominated for the César Award for Best Editing at the 31st César Awards for Russian Dolls, but lost to The Beat That My Heart Skipped and its editor Juliette Welfling. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Editing at the 34th César Awards for Paris, but lost to The First Day of the Rest of Your Life and its editor Sophie Reine.

She was the editor of Boy Meets Girl (1984), Vertiges (1985), Golden Eighties (1986), Family Resemblances (1996), Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve (1997), Sauve-moi (2000), and The Milk of Human Kindness (2001).

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