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British film and television editor (1945–2025)

Lesley Walker Born (1945-07-27)27 July 1945 Wimbledon, London, England Died 2 December 2025(2025-12-02) (aged 80) Occupations Film and television editor Notable work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Mamma Mia!

**Lesley Walker** (27 July 1945 – 2 December 2025) was a British film and television editor with more than 30 feature film credits. She came into prominence in the 1980s, when she "developed a fast and snappy editing style in the decade, with *[A Letter to Brezhnev](/source/Letter_to_Brezhnev)* (1985), *[Mona Lisa](/source/Mona_Lisa_(film))* (1986), *[Cry Freedom](/source/Cry_Freedom)* (1987), and *[Shirley Valentine](/source/Shirley_Valentine_(film))* (1989)."[1] She worked extensively with directors [Terry Gilliam](/source/Terry_Gilliam)[2] and [Richard Attenborough](/source/Richard_Attenborough).[3]

Walker's work was honoured by nominations for the [BAFTA Award for Best Editing](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Editing) (*Mona Lisa* (1986) and *Cry Freedom* (1987)), for the [Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Editing) (*[Tideland](/source/Tideland_(film))* (2005)), and the [American Cinema Editors Eddie Award](/source/American_Cinema_Editors#Eddie_Awards) (*[Mamma Mia!](/source/Mamma_Mia!_(film))* (2008)).

Walker died on 2 December 2025, at the age of 80.[4][5]

## Feature films as editor

The director is indicated in parentheses.

- *[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man](/source/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man_(1977_film))* ([Strick](/source/Joseph_Strick)-1977)

- *[The Tempest](/source/The_Tempest_(1979_film))* ([Jarman](/source/Derek_Jarman)-1979)

- *[Eagle's Wing](/source/Eagle's_Wing)* ([Harvey](/source/Anthony_Harvey)-1979)

- *[Richard's Things](/source/Richard's_Things)* (Harvey-1980)

- *[Letter to Brezhnev](/source/Letter_to_Brezhnev)* ([Bernard](/source/Chris_Bernard)-1985)

- *[Mona Lisa](/source/Mona_Lisa_(film))* ([Jordan](/source/Neil_Jordan)-1986)

- *[Winter Flight](/source/Winter_Flight)* ([Battersby](/source/Roy_Battersby)-1986)

- *[Cry Freedom](/source/Cry_Freedom)* ([Attenborough](/source/Richard_Attenborough)-1987)

- *[Buster](/source/Buster_(film))* ([Green](/source/David_Green_(director))-1988)

- *[Shirley Valentine](/source/Shirley_Valentine_(film))* ([Gilbert](/source/Lewis_Gilbert)-1989)

- *[Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming](/source/Spymaker%3A_The_Secret_Life_of_Ian_Fleming)* (1990)

- *[The Fisher King](/source/The_Fisher_King)* (Gilliam-1991)

- *[Waterland](/source/Waterland_(film))* ([Gyllenhaal](/source/Stephen_Gyllenhaal)-1992)

- *[Shadowlands](/source/Shadowlands_(1993_film))* (Attenborough-1993)

- *[Born Yesterday](/source/Born_Yesterday_(1993_film))* ([Mandoki](/source/Luis_Mandoki)-1993)

- *[Jack and Sarah](/source/Jack_and_Sarah)* ([Sullivan](/source/Tim_Sullivan_(British_filmmaker))-1995)

- *[Emma](/source/Emma_(1996_theatrical_film))* ([McGrath](/source/Douglas_McGrath)-1996)

- *[In Love and War](/source/In_Love_and_War_(1996_film))* (Attenborough-1996)

- *[Mary Reilly](/source/Mary_Reilly_(film))* ([Frears](/source/Stephen_Frears)-1996)

- *[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas](/source/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas_(film))* (Gilliam-1998)

- *[Grey Owl](/source/Grey_Owl_(film))* (Attenborough-1999)

- *[The Body](/source/The_Body_(2001_film))* ([McCord](/source/Jonas_McCord)-2001; with Alain Jakubowicz)

- *[Nicholas Nickleby](/source/Nicholas_Nickleby_(2002_film))* (McGrath-2002)

- *[All or Nothing](/source/All_or_Nothing_(film))* ([Leigh](/source/Mike_Leigh)-2002)

- *[The Sleeping Dictionary](/source/The_Sleeping_Dictionary)* ([Jenkin](/source/Guy_Jenkin)-2003)

- *[The Brothers Grimm](/source/The_Brothers_Grimm_(film))* (Gilliam-2005)

- *[Tideland](/source/Tideland_(film))* (Gilliam-2005)

- *[Closing the Ring](/source/Closing_the_Ring)* (Attenborough-2007)

- *[Mamma Mia!](/source/Mamma_Mia!_(film))* ([Lloyd](/source/Phyllida_Lloyd)-2008)

- *[Will](/source/Will_(2011_film))* ([Perry](/source/Ellen_Perry)-2011)

- *[I Am Nasrine](/source/I_Am_Nasrine)* ([Gharavi](/source/Tina_Gharavi)-2012; supervising editor with [Lucia Zucchetti](/source/Lucia_Zucchetti))

- *[Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism](/source/Molly_Moon_and_the_Incredible_Book_of_Hypnotism)* (Rowley-2015)

- *[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote](/source/The_Man_Who_Killed_Don_Quixote)* ([Gilliam](/source/Terry_Gilliam)-2018)

- *[Military Wives](/source/Military_Wives_(film))* ([Cattaneo](/source/Peter_Cattaneo)-2019)

## See also

- [List of film director and editor collaborations](/source/List_of_film_director_and_editor_collaborations) (collaboration with Attenborough)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Harper_1-0)** Harper, Sue (2000). [*Women in British Cinema*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tAGGFKeyXvsC&pg=PA231). Continuum International. p. 231. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8264-4733-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8264-4733-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Marks, Peter (2009). *Terry Gilliam*. [Manchester University Press](/source/Manchester_University_Press). pp. 138, 175, 205, 230. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7190-7032-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-7032-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Perkins, Roy; Martin Stollery (2004). "Lesley Walker". [*British film editors: the heart of the movie*](http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1339729/index.html). [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute). pp. 114–115. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84457-007-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84457-007-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Levy, Giana (9 December 2025). ["Lesley Walker, 'Mona Lisa' and 'Mamma Mia!' Film Editor, Dies at 80"](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lesley-walker-dead-mamma-mia-1236604715/). Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Gilbey, Ryan (19 February 2026). ["Lesley Walker obituary"](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/19/lesley-walker-obituary). The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2026.

## External links

- [Lesley Walker](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907970/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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