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Avril Beukes

Overview

Avril Beukes' career spans decades. She has edited more than 25 feature films, the most recent being "Respect" starring Jennifer Hudson and directed by Liesl Tommy. "Little One", which she edited in 2012, was selected as the South African Foreign Language entry to the 2013 Academy Awards. Other highlights include "Yesterday" which was nominated for the 2005 Foreign Film Academy Award and "Red Dust" starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor (for which she received the inaugural Golden Horn Award for Feature Film Editing in 2006). South Africa's 1997 Oscar entry "Paljas" was co-edited by Avril.

Whilst still in her native South Africa, she won numerous other awards for her editing work in feature films and television. She edited the debut feature films of directors Tom Hooper and Gavin Hood and worked extensively with Darrell James Roodt.

In the US, she has edited feature films, scripted TV and feature documentary films, working with directors such as Julie Dash, Tina Mabry, Numa Perrier, Kiel Scott and Kasi Lemmons.

Avril's scripted TV work includes 4 seasons of Ava DuVernay's OWN series "Queen Sugar" and Season 1 of Tarell McCraney's "David Makes Man", the pilot episode of "The Thing About Pam", 2 episodes of "The Big Cigar" and 3 episodes of Bosch Legacy Season 3.

Known for

Writing

2004 Yesterday Writing Script Editor 59
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Crew

2011 Take Me Home Crew Thanks 60
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Editing

2021 Respect Editing Editor 62
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2015 Irene & Marie Editing Editor N/A
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2013 And Then There Was You Editing Editor 59
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2013 Dystopia Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Stealing Time Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Fanie Fourie's Lobola Editing Editor 59
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2012 Amy Winehouse: Fallen Star Editing Editor 59
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2011 Ties That Bind Editing Editor N/A
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2009 Not Since You Editing Editor 58
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2009 Pastor Brown Editing Editor 59
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2008 Reach for Me Editing Editor 58
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2007 Prey Editing Editor 58
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2007 Moondance Alexander Editing Editor 59
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2004 Yesterday Editing Editor 59
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2004 Dracula 3000 Editing Editor 52
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2004 Red Dust Editing Editor 58
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2003 Sumuru Editing Editor 58
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2001 The Long Run Editing Editor 58
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2000 Second Skin Editing Editor 58
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2000 The Father Editing Editor N/A
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1999 A Reasonable Man Editing Editor 58
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1998 The Storekeeper Editing Editor 59
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1998 Paljas Editing Editor 59
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1990 Agter elke man Editing Editor N/A
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1988 Fiela's Child Editing Editor 59
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