Talk:Mathilde Bonnefoy

Update request – COI disclosure: I am the subject of this article

Hello, I am Mathilde Bonnefoy, the subject of this article. I am disclosing my conflict of interest per Wikipedia policy (see also my user page). Rather than editing the article directly, I am proposing updates below with reliable sources for each change. I would be grateful if an experienced editor could review and implement those that meet Wikipedia's standards.

The article has not been substantially updated since 2015. Several notable credits, awards, and professional memberships are missing, the filmography is incomplete, and the structure could be improved. I am proposing changes in order of priority.

1. Rewrite of lead paragraph

The current lead buries the Academy Award and opens with an ACE Eddie nomination, which is a lesser achievement. I propose the following rewrite:

Current first sentence:

"Mathilde Bonnefoy (born 11 March 1972) is a French film editor and director who was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for the editing of the film Run Lola Run (1998)..."

Proposed new lead paragraph:

"Mathilde Bonnefoy (born 11 March 1972) is a French-American film editor, director, producer, and visual artist based in Berlin. She won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Citizenfour (2014), directed by Laura Poitras, alongside Poitras and Dirk Wilutzky. Bonnefoy is known for her collaboration with director Tom Tykwer, editing five of his films including Run Lola Run (1998), for which she won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Editing. She has also edited films for Wim Wenders and Angela Schanelec, directed documentaries in co-production with ARTE, and executive produced Eugene Jarecki's Julian Assange documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man (2025). She is a founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the European Film Academy."

Sources:

• Academy Awards 2015 ceremony page
• Variety: "The Six Billion Dollar Man" distribution deal (Nov 2025)
• European Film Academy talent profile
• AMPAS 2015 membership invitation
• DichterLesen.net – LCB exhibition of photography by Bonnefoy (2015)

2. Description of mother Lucy Vines

The article currently describes my mother as "Lucy Vines, an American." This significantly undersells my mother's biography. Lucille Vines was an American actress and visual artist.

Proposed change:

"...the daughter of the French poet Yves Bonnefoy and the American actress and artist Lucy Vines"

Sources:

• IMDB: Lucille Vines – acting credits in Actor's Studio, Studio One, Sherlock Holmes, Foreign Intrigue (1948–1955)
• Galerie Documents 15: Lucy Vines biography – exhibitions at Morat Institut Freiburg (2005), École des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes (2007), Maison de l'Amérique Latine Paris (2011)
• William Blake & Co: Lucy Vines, Œuvres sur papier (2007 monograph)

3. Missing post-2015 work

The Six Billion Dollar Man (2025)

Bonnefoy served as executive producer of The Six Billion Dollar Man, a documentary about Julian Assange directed by Eugene Jarecki. The film premiered in Special Screenings at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the L'Œil d'or special jury prize and the Golden Globe Prize for documentary. It is scheduled for U.S. theatrical release in early 2026.

Sources:

• Variety (Nov 2025)
• Deadline (Dec 2025)
• Hollywood Reporter review (May 2025)
• DOC NYC listing (2025)

IKI / Transformative Urban Coalitions documentary series

Together with Dirk Wilutzky, Bonnefoy produced and directed a series of short documentaries on climate action for the Transformative Urban Coalitions (TUC) project, under the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Government. The films were screened at COP27 and at the UN Campus in Bonn during SB58 (2023).

Sources:

• UN University: "A True Paradise" screening (2023)
• IKI: "Overcoming Paralysis" film page
• TUC: Wilutzky & Bonnefoy profile

4. Missing filmography entries

The filmography currently stops at 2014 and is missing several credits. Please add:

• 2004–2007: Durch die Nacht mit... (director of two episodes: "Julie Delpy und Bela B." and "Robert Wilson und Amira Casar", TV series for ARTE)
• 2006: Paris, je t'aime (editor, Tykwer segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
• 2006: Anakonda im Netz: A Rammstein Documentary (director)
• 2008: Insensitive (director, short film)
• 2009: Deutschland 09 (editor, Tykwer and Schanelec segments; creative supervisor of the entire film)
• 2011–2014: Que faire? / Was tun? (producer, director, camera, and editor, with Dirk Wilutzky; TV series for ARTE, distributed by bpb)
• 2022–2023: IKI/TUC documentary series (director and producer, with Dirk Wilutzky)
• 2025: The Six Billion Dollar Man (executive producer)

Sources:

• IMDB: Mathilde Bonnefoy – full filmography
• filmportal.de profile
• bpb.de (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung): Was tun? series page — credits: "Produzenten, Regie, Kamera und Schnitt: Dirk Wilutzky & Mathilde Bonnefoy"

5. Missing awards and memberships

The article is missing many awards for Citizenfour. According to IMDB (13 wins & 10 nominations), these include:

Additional wins to list:

• BAFTA Award for Best Documentary (2015)
• Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking (2015)
• Independent Spirit Award – Best Documentary (2015)
• Gotham Award – Best Documentary (2014)
• Cinema Eye Honors for Outstanding Achievement in Editing and in Production (2015)
• IDA Award – Best Feature (2014)
• London Critics' Circle Film Award – Documentary of the Year (2015)

Additional nominations to list:

• Primetime Emmy – Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (2015)
• Critics' Choice Award – Best Documentary Feature (2015)

Memberships missing from article:

• Founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie (2003) – this is already on the German page
• Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2015, invited by both the Documentary and Film Editing branches)
• Member of the European Film Academy
• Member of American Cinema Editors (ACE)

Sources:

• Citizenfour official site – full awards list
• IMDB: Citizenfour awards page
• Television Academy: Citizenfour Emmy nominations
• European Film Academy profile
• Princeton "Edited By" project: "Mathilde Bonnefoy, ACE"

6. Article structure

The article currently has no section headings. I suggest restructuring with the following sections, which is standard for filmmaker biographies on Wikipedia:

1. Lead paragraph
2. Early life and education
3. Career
   1. Film editing
   2. Directing
   3. Producing
   4. Visual art
4. Filmography (as a sortable table)
5. Awards and nominations (as a table)
6. References
7. External links

7. Visual art

Since the mid-2010s, Bonnefoy has also worked as a visual artist, primarily in photography. In 2015, her photographic series California State Route 152, April 2015 was exhibited at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (19 October – 27 November 2015). The photographs were created during a residency at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles.

Sources:

• DichterLesen.net: LCB exhibition and vernissage record
• Villa Aurora event page: Bonnefoy as "Gast" working on a feature screenplay; LCB exhibition
• Villa Aurora: Spring 2015 welcoming reception listing Bonnefoy
• Official website – art portfolio

Additional source for visual art: Bonnefoy's photographic work was also published in Journal 15 of The Hoosac Institute, a curated arts platform for interdisciplinary text and image: Hoosac Institute: Mathilde Bonnefoy. Mathilde Bonnefoy (talk) 19:34, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

8. Significance of Run Lola Run editing in the "Film editing" career section

The existing article mentions the Deutscher Filmpreis and the ACE Eddie nomination for Run Lola Run, but it does not reflect the film's wider significance in film culture or the role of its editing in that significance. I suggest adding a brief contextual note within the proposed "Film editing" career section. This is not a request for evaluative praise, but for factual context that is well-documented in independent sources.

Proposed text:

"Run Lola Run became widely studied in film programs for its innovative editing, which integrated rapid cuts, jump cuts, split screens, and animated sequences with a techno soundtrack to create the film's distinctive pace. The film is frequently cited as a landmark of 1990s German cinema. Bonnefoy and Tykwer discussed their editing collaboration in a 2011 interview published in the Journal of Film and Video."

Sources:

• Roth, Elaine and Addison, Heather. "The Wonders of Editing: An Interview with Mathilde Bonnefoy and Tom Tykwer." Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Summer 2011), pp. 45–55. University of Illinois Press. Project MUSE / ProQuest
• BFI/WJEC Film Studies curriculum: Run Lola Run as a set text for editing and narrative analysis
• The film's own Wikipedia article notes its wide cultural influence and status as a landmark of German cinema, including its influence on The Matrix, Edge of Tomorrow, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and the work of Edgar Wright.

Thank you for your time. I am happy to provide further sources or clarification. Mathilde Bonnefoy (talk) 19:28, 15 February 2026 (UTC)