José Salcedo (film editor)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salcedo and the second or maternal family name is Palomeque.

José Salcedo Palomeque (c. 1949 – 19 September 2017) was a Spanish film editor with over 120 feature film credits.^[1][2] He had an extended collaboration with the director Pedro Almodóvar,^[3] having edited all of Almodóvar's films from 1980 until his death.^[4]

José Salcedo
José Salcedo at the Valladolid International Film Festival in 2008.
Born	1949 Ciudad Real, Spain
Died	19 September 2017 (aged 68) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	film editor

Salcedo had been nominated many times for Goya Award for Best Editing, and won the award three times: for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995), and All About My Mother (1999). He was honored with the 2017 Gold Medal of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, which is the Spanish academy that awards the Goyas.^[2]

Filmography

• The Disenchantment (1976)
• Black Litter (1977)
• Navajeros (1980)
• Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980). Salcedo's first collaboration with director Pedro Almodóvar.
• Maravillas (1981)
• The Minister’s Wife (1981)
• Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
• Demons in the Garden (1982)
• Colegas (1982)
• Dark Habits (1983)
• What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
• Matador (1986)
• Law of Desire (1987)
• Rowing with the Wind (1988)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[5]
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
• Don Juan in Hell (1991)
• High Heels (1991)
• The Legend of the North Wind (1992)
• Kika (1993)
• King of the River (1995)
• Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
• The Flower of My Secret (1995)
• Blinded (1997)
• Love of a Man (1997)
• Live Flesh (1997)^[6]
• Doña Bárbara (1998)
• Between Your Legs (1999)
• All About My Mother (1999). The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
• Km. 0 (2000)
• Leo (2000)
• Don't Tempt Me (2001)
• Talk to Her (2002)
• Bad Education (2004)
• Queens (2005)
• Life and Colour (2005)
• Volver (2006)
• Alatriste (2006)
• Just Walking (2008)
• Broken Embraces (2009)^[7]
• The Skin I Live In (2011)
• I'm So Excited (2013)
• La ignorancia de la sangre (2014)
• Julieta (2016). Salcedo's last film with Almodóvar.
• Nadie Muere en Ambrosia (2020). Salcedo's last film.

Legacy

José Salcedo’s editing work is celebrated for its sharpness, precision, and the way it enhanced the emotional resonance of the films he worked on. His influence on the films of Pedro Almodóvar^[8] and other Spanish directors solidified his reputation as one of Spain's most talented editors. His death in September 2017 marked the end of a career that left an indelible mark on the landscape of Spanish cinema.

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

Further reading

• Almodóvar, Pedro; Strauss, Frédéric (2006). Almodóvar on Almodóvar: Revised Edition. Macmillan. p. 109. ISBN 9780571231928. Almodóvar reflects on the editing of his films and on his collaboration with Salcedo.