{{Short description|Australian film editor}} {{for|the English footballer|George Akers (footballer)}} {{notability|Biographies|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = George Akers | occupation = Film editor }}
'''George Akers''' is a film editor with more than thirty years' experience in filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0501336|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806074831/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0501336|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2016|title=George Akers|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/george-akers-p79190|title=George Akers | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> In 1993 he was nominated by the Australian Film Institute for Best Achievement in Editing for his work on ''Map of the Human Heart'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/1993/|title=1993|website=www.aacta.org}}</ref> which was also shown out of competition at Cannes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/26/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Map of the Human Heart |accessdate=2009-08-17|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Ascendancy'' (1983) *''Caravaggio'' (1986) *''Personal Services'' (1987) *''With You Were Here'' (1987) *''Paris by Night'' (1988) *''Erik the Viking'' (1989) *''The Bulldance'' (1989) *''The Big Man'' (1990) *''Enchanted April'' (1991) (uncredited) *''American Friends'' (1991) *''Edward II'' (1991) *''Map of the Human Heart'' (1992) *''The Secret Rapture'' (1993) *''Princess Caraboo'' (1994) *''Second Best'' (1994) *''Carrington'' (1995) *''When Saturday Comes'' (1996) *''The Secret Agent'' (1996) *''The Designated Mourner'' (1997) *''The Clandestine Marriage'' (1999) *''Anazapta'' (2002) *''Imagining Argentina'' (2003) *''Method'' (2004) *''Lady Godiva'' (2008)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0015205}}
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