Photo credit : Kristina Wagenbauer

Véronique Barbe

Editor

Montreal-based editor Véronique Barbe works on Canadian and American productions (films, TV series, commercials, music videos). Her credits include co-editor on HBO’s Emmy-winning and nominated series Big Little Lies (2016) and Sharp Objects (2017-18), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The editing of both series was recognized at the Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, ACE awards, and CCE awards. She also collaborated on Big Little Lies 2 (2019), directed by Andrea Arnold.

In 2020, she earned a CCE Award nomination for best editing on Aisling Chin-Yee’s feature film The Rest of Us (2019), starring Heather Graham and Jodi Balfour. She collaborated on the feature film Stampede (2022) starring Lilou Roy-Lanouette and Maxime Le Flaguais and recently edited Nicole Dorsey’s miniseries Balestra (release date in 2023), a psychological sci-fi thriller starring James Badge Dale, Cush Jumbo, and Manny Jacinto.  Most recently, she reunited with director Aisling Chin-Yee and showrunner Jean-François Asselin on the TV series Plan B (airing in February 2023), a sci-fi drama starring Patrick J. Adams and Karine Vanasse.

As for music videos and ads, Veronique has been working on more than a hundred projects, earning distinctions at The Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC) and Prix Idea in the editing category.

Her motivation to work as an editor comes from the belief that stories have the power to influence our perception of the world and of others. She believes in closely collaborating with directors to find the best way to relate their stories and the internal worlds of their characters to audiences.

Filmography | TV

Plan B, Season 1 (v.a.)

2023

TV Series ep.3-4-5 Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee
Production KOTV | Broadcasting CBC

Balestra

TBR in 2023

Mini-series & Feature film | Director Nicole Dorsey
Production Item 7

Rodeo

2023

Feature Film | Director Joëlle Desjardins-Paquette
Production Colonelle Films | Distribution Entract Films

Awards

Whistler Film Festival - Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film
Whistler Film Festival - Jury's Honourable Mention for Best Acting (Lilou Roy-Lanouette)

La Une

2021

Documentary TV series 8 x 45 min. | Director François Méthé
Production Esperamos | TV Network Télé-Québec

Big Little Lies 2

2019

HBO TV Series | Director Andrea Arnold
Production Blossom Films, Pacific Standard

Un jour de fête

2019

Short Film | Director Philippe Arsenault
Production Champs Libre Films

The Rest of Us

2018

Feature film | Director Aisling Chin-Yee
Production Babe Nation Creations, Woods Entertainment

Awards

CCE Awards – Nomination for Best Editing in Feature Film 2020
TIFF – World Premiere & Nomination for Best Canadian Feature Film 2019
Atlantic International Film Festival (FIN) 2019 - Official Selection

Sharp Objects

2017-2018

HBO TV Series | Director Jean-Marc Vallée
Production Crazyrose, Fourth Born, Blumhouse Television, Tiny Piro & eOne

Awards

Emmy Awards – Nomination: Outstanding single-camera picture editing, USA 2019
CCE Awards – Nomination: Best Editing in TV Drama, Edmonton 2019
ACE Awards – Nomination: Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television, Toronto 2019
Golden Globes – Nomination: Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Winner: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Patricia Clarkson
Emmy Awards, 2019 – Nomination: Outstanding Limited Series
Gold Derby Awards 2019 – Nomination: Best Limited Series
Satellite Awards 2019 – Nomination: Best Miniseries & Limited Series
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2019 – Nomination: Best Limited Series
Gotham Awards 82019 – Nomination: Breakthrough Series - Longform

Unité 9 – Season 7

2018

TV Series, episodes 148 to 150 | Director Jean-Philippe Duval
Production Aetios

Awards

Gémeaux Award 2019 - Nomination for Best dramatic series

Big Little Lies

2016

HBO TV Series Director Jean-Marc Vallée
Production Blossom Films, Pacific Standard

Awards

Emmy Awards 2017 – Awards: Outstanding Limited Series | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, or Movie (Jean-Marc Vallée) | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Nicole Kidman) | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Alexander Skarsgård). Nomination: outstanding single-camera picture editing
ACE Awards – Nomination: Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television, Toronto 2018
Emmy Awards 2017 – Awards: Outstanding Limited Series | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, or Movie (Jean-Marc Vallée) | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Nicole Kidman) | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Alexander Skarsgård)
Golden Globes 2018 – Awards: Best Television Limited Series | Best performance by an Actress in a Limited Series (Nicole Kidman) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series (Alexander Skarsgård) | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series (Laura Dern)
Online Film & Television Association 2017 – Awards: Best Editing in a Non-Series | Best Limited Series
Gold Derby Awards 2017 Award for Best Limited Series
C21's International Drama Awards 2017 – Award for Best Mini-Series
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2018 – Award for Best Limited Series
Critics Choice Television Awards 2018 – Award for Best Limited Series
Gracie Allen Awards 2018 – Award for Outstanding Limited Series or Made for Television Movie
AFI Awards (American Film Institute) 2018 – Award for TV Program of the Year
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 2018 – Winner for TV Drama of the Year
BAFTA 2018 – Nomination: Best international (tv series)

How Tommy Lemenchick became a grade 7 legend

2016

Short film | Director Bastien Alexandre
Production Leona Films

Awards

Reggio Int. FIlm Festival – Official Competition Int Jury Award | Audience Award, Italy, 2017
FESTIVALS
Talent Tout Court! TELEFILM au Marché de Cannes – France, 2017
Giffoni Int. Film Festival, Official Competition – Italy, 2017
Kerry Int. Film Festival, Official Competition – Irland, 2017
Kuki Int. Film Festival, Official Competition – Germany, 2017
Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, Official Competition – France, 2017
Carrousel du Film de Rimouski, Official Competition – Québec, 2017
Festival du film de la ville de Québec, Official Competition – Québec 2017
Viewfinders - Atlantic Film Festival, Official Competition – Halifax, 2017
Seoul Youth Int. Film Festival, Official Competition – Korea, 2017
Indie Junior Allianz, Official Competition – Portugal, 2017
Victoria Film Festival, Official Competition – Canada, 2018
Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois Official Competition – Montréal, 2018
Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth, Official Competition – Canada, 2018
Landshut Film Festival, Official Competition – Canada, 2018
BUFF Int. Children and Young Film Festival, Official Competition – Sweden, 2018
ClujShorts Film Festival, Official Competition – Romania, 2018
Int. Short Film Week Regensburg, Official Competition – Germany, 2018
Regard sur le Court Métrage, Official Competition – Québec, 2018
Festival de Cinéma en Famille de Québec Official Competition – Québec, 2018
Prix PCC!, Official Competition – 2018
Rencontres Audio-Visuelle de Lile, Official Competition – France, 2018
Flensburger Roller Vorwarts - Children and Youth, Official Competition – Germany, 2018
Tribeca, Official Competition – USA, 2018

Va jouer dehors

2016

Short film | Director Adib Alkhalidey
Production micro_scope

Dans la cour de Vivianne Gauthier

2015

Documentary Short Film | Director Marie-Claude Fournier
Production Cine Services, Jacmel, Haïti

À temps pour Noël

2014

HBO TV Series | Director Mélanie Charbonneau
Production Pixcom

PAS

2014

Short film | Director Frédérique Cournoyer-Lessard
Production Aléas Films

Awards

San Francisco Dance Film Fest – Best Screendance Short Over 10 Minutes, USA, 2015
Prix Prends Ça Court! 2015 – Winner Industrie award: CTVM.info, Air Canada Award
San Francisco Dance Festival 2015 – In competiton, Best Short Over 10 Minutes
Longue Vue sur le Court, Montréal 2015 – In competition, Best Quebec Film
FESTIVALS
Dance on Camera – New-York, 2015
POWfest – Portland, 2015
Dance Camera West – California, 2015
Québec en court SODEC – Marché Clermont-Ferrand, 2015
Regard sur le Court Métrage – Saguenay, 2015
Mecal Int. Short Film Festival – Spain, 2015
Dresden Film Festival – Germany, 2015
Projection Ciné Tapis Rouge au Cinéma du Parc, 2015
Soirée Bénéfice Dance Axile – Sherbrooke, 2015
Agite y Sirva – Mexico, 2015
Dance on Camera Tour & DVD – USA, 2015
Ciné Tapis Rouge – Brazil, 2015
Shorts Shorts Film Festival – Japan, 2015
Paris Court Devant – France, 2015
Cambridge Int. Film Festival – UK, 2015
Edmonton Int. Film Festival – Canada, 2015
Int. Screendance Film Festival – Sweden 2015
Interfilm Berlin – Germany, 2015
Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec – Quebec, 2015
Calgary Int. Short Film Festival – Canada, 2015
OFF-Court de Trouville et Marché – France, 2015
Thess Int. Short Film Festival – Greece, 2015
Court, c’est court! – France, 2015
Choreoscope Int. Dance Film Festival – Spain, 2015
Mostra Int. De Videodança de Sao Carlos – Brazil, 2015
Cyprus Int. Short Film Festival – Cyprus, 2015
FNC Film Festival – Québec, 2015
Whistler int. Film Festival – Canada, 2015
Hiiumaa Dance Festival – Estonia, 2015
Certamen Int. Cortos Soria – Spain, 2015
Art Sans RDV – Switzerland 2015
Noël des Filmeux – Montreal, 2015
Festival Un Poing C’est Court – France, 2016
Urban Film Festival – Montreal, 2016
Cinedans – Netherlands, 2016
Contact Dance Film Festival – USA, 2016

Somewhere Exactly (Ailleurs Exactement )

2013

Short film | Director Kristina Wagenbauer
Production Art & Essai

Awards

Jury Prize- Festival Breakthroughs, Toronto Canada 2015
FESTIVALS
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur – Suisse, 2014
Festival européen du court-métrage de Nice – France, 2014
Off-Court Trouville – France, 2014
Festival de cinéma de la Ville de Québec, 2014
Solothurner Filmtage – Swiss
Court Toujours, Montreal

Au nord du monde

2016

Short film | Director Raphaël Bélanger
Production Voyelles Films

Awards

FESTIVALS
Milano Short Film Festival – Italie, 2016
Short’N’Sweet - Centre culturel canadien de Paris
Cinéma du Québec à Paris
Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie – Moncton, 2016
Whistler International Film Festival – Canada, 2016
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois – Montréal, 2016
Dawson City International Film Festival – Canada, 2016
Palm Spring ShortFest – USA, 2016

Nous avions

2013

Short film | Director Stéphane Moukarzel
Voyous Films

Awards

Prix Prends ça court! : Prix ONF / ACIC – Montréal, 2014
Euganea Festival : Best International Short Film – Italia, 2014
TIFF Canada’s Top Ten
Gala des Prix Jutra 2014 – Nomination: Best fiction short film
Canadian Screen Awards 2014 – Nomination: Best Live Action Short Drama
FESTIVALS
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Festival Colima de Cine
Festival Images en vues
Festival de cinéma de la Ville de Québec
Atlantic Film Festival
Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay
Centre culturel canadien à Paris
Académie canadienne du cinéma
Euganea Festival
Coup D’ciné

Hotel

2007

Short film | Director François Blouin
NùFilms

Little Brats (Children's Foundation - Montréal Children's Hospital)

2021

Awards

Prix Idéa - Bronze ( Editing Category), 2021
The Mick Griffin Best Editing Award - TheAdvertising & Design Club of Canada, 2021
Shots Awards the americas, 2021

Ministère de la culture – danse

2021

TV & Web Advertising | Director Benjamin Nicolas

Uber Eats - Ginette & Loud

2021

TV & Web Advertising | Director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | Production Gorditos

Editing over 100 commercials and music videos

Production Houses : Gorditos, Les enfants, Soma, Cinélande, Quatre Zéro Un, Alt productions, Sid Lee, Jimmy Lee, Tuxedo, Moment Factory, Parce Que Films.

Wear your Heart - Yumi Katsura

Kijiji - Anthem / director's cut

Attitude

Watch dogs 2

2016

Cinematic scenes for the video game Watch dogs 2 | Director Colin Graham
Ubisoft

Fréquences

2011-2012

Web series | Cinematography Simon Villeneuve | Tungsten Original

AQTIS master class: The creative part of editing

2011

Teachers : Dominique Fortin, Annie Jean, Catherine Hébert, Claude Palardy, Louis Bélanger, Michel Grou, Patrice Sauvé

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, cinema profile

1999-2002

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Diploma of Collegial Studies in Arts, Letters and Communications

1997-1999

Cégep de Chicoutimi

Mentor for AQTIS freelance editors

2018-2019

Internship offered on creative editing in fiction

Member of the jury

2017

FNC – international competition
Short films sections

Tutor in video post-production

2014-2015

Cine Services and Artists Institute, Jacmel, Haiti

Assistant editor

2003 to 2007

At Technicolor & Vision Globale | Fiction, documentary and advertising