Affonso Gonçalves

Affonso Gonçalves is a Brazilian film editor. He made his editorial debut on Montana (1992). Gonçalves was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for his work on True Detective (2014).

Gonçalves was born in Brazil. He studied at the London International Film School for three years before studying at the American Film Institute for two and a half years.

Gonçalves first served as the assistant editor for Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). Gonçalves is a frequent collaborator of Todd Haynes's first beginning with Mildred Pierce. Gonçalves was nominated for an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television. He went onto edit Carol (2015), where he received a nomination for a Satellite Awards for Best Film Editing.

Gonçalves is also frequent collaborator of Jim Jarmusch, first beginning on Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). He served as the films editor and music editor. and went onto edit Paterson (2016), and Gimme Danger (2016).

Gonçalves received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for his work on True Detective (2014). He won an American Cinema Editors award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television.

In 2016, Gonçalves edited Little Men directed by Ira Sachs.