Avril Beukes' career spans decades. She has edited more than 25 feature
films, the most recent being "Respect" starring Jennifer Hudson and directed by Liesl Tommy.
"Little One", which she edited in 2012, was selected as the
South African Foreign Language entry to the 2013 Academy Awards. Other
highlights include "Yesterday" which was nominated for the 2005 Foreign
Film Academy Award and "Red Dust" starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel
Ejiofor (for which she received the inaugural Golden Horn Award for
Feature Film Editing in 2006).
Whilst still in her native South Africa, Avril won numerous other
awards for her editing work in feature films and television. She edited
the debut feature films of directors Tom Hooper and Gavin Hood and
worked extensively with Darrell James Roodt.
In the US, she has edited feature films, scripted TV and
feature documentary films, working with directors such as Julie Dash, Tina Mabry, Numa Perrier, Kiel Scott and Kasi Lemmons.
Avril's scripted TV work includes 4 seasons of Ava DuVernay's OWN series "Queen Sugar" and Season 1 of Tarell McCraney's "David Makes Man".