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Comedy and Controversy: Tom Eagles, Editor of Jojo Rabbit

Tom Eagles, Oscar-nominated editor of Jojo Rabbit. Image courtesy of Peter Zakhary.

Who would’ve thought that a satire about a little boy with an imaginary friend (who happens to be Adolf Hitler) would ever see the light of day, let alone be a critical and box office hit? While the premise of Jojo Rabbit might seem risky for Academy voters, at the time of writing, the film has garnered six Academy Award nominations including Best Film Editing for Tom Eagles, who recently picked up an American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical.

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