Herve de Luze is a French film editor with over fifty feature film credits. He had a long collaboration with the director Claude Berri, for whom he edited eight films between 1981 and 1999. He has been director Roman Polanski's principal editor since Pirates (1986), including the much honored 2002 film The Pianist. He has also edited several films with Alain Resnais, including On connaît la chanson, for which he won a César Award. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for The Pianist, won three César Awards for On connaît la chanson (1997), Ne le dis à personne (2006), and The Ghost Writer (2010); he has been nominated for the César for five other films as well.