# Lisa Gunning
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{{Short description|British film editor, director, writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
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'''Lisa Gunning''' is an English film director, editor and writer.
==Life and career==
She began her career in the 1990s, following her graduation from [University College London](/source/University_College_London), where she studied English. In 1998, she met director [Anthony Minghella](/source/Anthony_Minghella) while working on a spot for [Comic Relief](/source/Comic_Relief). Their long-running collaboration began with an adaptation of the theatrical short ''Play'' as part of the [Samuel Beckett](/source/Samuel_Beckett) season for [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4), on which she served as editor. After working on some musical sequences in ''[The Talented Mr. Ripley](/source/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley_(film))'', her first feature as editor was Minghella's ''[Breaking and Entering](/source/Breaking_and_Entering_(film))'' in 2006, followed by his pilot for the TV series ''[The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency](/source/The_No.1_Ladies_Detective_Agency)''.
She went on to work as an editor with [John Madden](/source/John_Madden_(director)) on crime thriller ''[Killshot](/source/Killshot_(film))'', ''[Salmon Fishing in the Yemen](/source/Salmon_Fishing_in_the_Yemen)'' for [Lasse Hallström](/source/Lasse_Hallstr%C3%B6m) and ''[Seven Psychopaths](/source/Seven_Psychopaths)'' for [Martin McDonagh](/source/Martin_McDonagh). Gunning has also collaborated extensively with artist and filmmaker [Sam Taylor-Wood](/source/Sam_Taylor-Wood) on her BAFTA Award-winning short film ''Love You More'', her first feature film ''[Nowhere Boy](/source/Nowhere_Boy)'' and her adaptation of ''[Fifty Shades of Grey](/source/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey_(film))''.[{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/whats-on/bafta-crew-masterclass-lisa-gunning-on-editing|title=BAFTA Crew Masterclass: Lisa Gunning on Editing|publisher=Bafta.org|accessdate=6 December 2014}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/lsff-lisa-gunning-explores-tales-us-i-am-dora|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207172355/https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/lsff-lisa-gunning-explores-tales-us-i-am-dora|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 December 2014|title=LSFF: Lisa Gunning explores Tales of Us with I am Dora|publisher=Ica.org.uk|accessdate=6 December 2014}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.reelshowint.com/200911021058/editors/-lisa-gunning-features-editor-talks-to-the-reelshow.html |title=Reelshow International / Best student films and film schools - Lisa Gunning Features Editor Talks To The Reelshow |author=Mary Lou Brown |publisher=Reelshowint.com |accessdate=6 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208143125/http://www.reelshowint.com/200911021058/editors/-lisa-gunning-features-editor-talks-to-the-reelshow.html |archivedate= 8 December 2014 }}]
Gunning was in a relationship with [Goldfrapp](/source/Goldfrapp) frontwoman [Alison Goldfrapp](/source/Alison_Goldfrapp).[{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7037529.ece|title=Alison Goldfrapp walks alone|last=Flynn|first=Paul|date=28 February 2010|work=[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615063654/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7037529.ece|archive-date=15 June 2011|access-date=14 March 2010}}] In 2013, she wrote, directed and edited a thirty minute film for the band based on five stories from their album ''[Tales of Us](/source/Tales_of_Us)''. The film was streamed to over 400 cinemas across the world in March 2014 and won the award of Best Music Video at the 2014 [Byron Bay International Film Festival](/source/Byron_Bay_International_Film_Festival).
In 2021 Gunning directed three episodes of ''[The Power](/source/The_Power_(TV_series))'' for [Amazon Prime Video](/source/Amazon_Prime_Video), based on [Naomi Alderman](/source/Naomi_Alderman)'s [book of the same name](/source/The_Power_(Alderman_novel)).[{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/rob-delaney-alice-eve-the-power-amazon-1234903074/|title = Rob Delaney, Alice Eve Join Cast of Amazon Studios' 'The Power,' from 'Chernobyl' Producer Sister|date = 8 February 2021}}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1265913}}
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