Christopher
Nolan's
longtime
collaborator
in
the
editing
room,
Austrailian
Lee
Smith
bagged
his
first
Oscar
today,
for
Nolan's
film
Dunkirk
which
depicts
the
Dunkirk
evacuation
of
World
War
II.
Smith
was
previously
nominated
for
Christopher
Nolan's
The
Dark
Knight
and
Peter
Weir's
Master
and
Commander:
The
Far
Side
of
the
World.
"I
just
want
--
I
just
want
to
say,
this
is
the
most
awesome
thing
that
can
happen
to
a
guy
like
me.
I
really
want
to
just
start
by
thanking
Christopher
Nolan,
who,
they
moved
me
from
over
there
to
sit
with
him.
Because
Chris
is
an
editor
himself,
I
mean,
he
doesn't
handle
the
actual
equipment
and
I'm
very,
very
happy
for
that.
His
fabulous
wife,
Emma,
always
supportive,
great
producer.
Incredible,
I
mean,
Dunkirk
was
truly
the
most
amazing
film,
and
I'm
very
fortunate
to
have
worked
on
it.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
my
beautiful
wife
sitting
over
there,
Kimberley,
my
daughter
up
in
the
nosebleed
section.
Wherever.
My
--
I'm
wrapping
up,
I'm
wrapping
up.
Melanie
Ramsay,
John
Lee,
my
editorial
assistants,
Warner
brothers,
the
Academy,
can't
talk
any
quicker.
I'm
an
editor,
I
should
be
able
to
do
this
very
quickly.
[Presenter]
Matthew
McConaughey,
awesome.
Thank
you," said
Smith
while
accepting
the
trophy
for
'Best
Editing'.
The
film
received
eight
nominated
categories
at
the
23rd
Critics' Choice
Awards;
winning
one
for
Best
Editing,
and
at
the
71st
British
Academy
Film
Awards;
winning
one
for
Best
Sound,
three
at
the
75th
Golden
Globe
Awards.
It
also
received
eight
nominations
at
the
90th
Academy
Awards,
including
Best
Picture
and
Best
Director
for
Nolan
(his
first
ever
Oscar
nomination
for
directing),
winning
for
Best
Film
Editing,
Best
Sound
Editing
and
Best
Sound
Mixing.