Film editor Sven Budelmann, A.C.E., was nominated for a Best Editing BAFTA award and an ACE award for Best Edited Feature Film/Dramatic for Netflix's 2022 adaptation All Quiet on the Western Front. Directed by Edward Berger for Amusement Park Films, the movie was also nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, a BAFTA for Best Editing, won the BAFTA for Best Film, and won four Academy Awards including Best International Feature Film. Over his career he has cut over 500 commercials, 150 music videos, many feature films and TV series, and has numerous nominations and awards to his name. He also cut the TV thriller series Last Light, directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Matthew Fox. Budelmann cut the 2020 series Shadowplay for directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, and was editor on Netflix's Dark thriller series (2017-2020). He cut Edward Berger's award-winning 2015 German TV series Deutschland '83, and his other features include 2013's The Physician, starring Tom Payne and Sir Ben Kingsley, and 2008's North Face for director Philipp Stölzl. Budelmann has also won awards for his editing on commercials for big-name brands. He received an LIA for the 2005 spot For Boys Who Were Always Men (Volkswagen) directed by Steve Miller, a Cannes Bronze Lion for Outtakes (Mc Donald's) directed by Andreas Hoffmann, and a Cannes Silver Lion for 2011's The Graduate (Audi) directed by Michael Bay. He garnered a Best Commercial VDW Award for 2008's Revolución (Renault Dacia) directed by Markus Walter, and was nominated for the German Film Award in Gold for editing Stereo for director Maximilian Erlenwein. Sven is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the European and German Film Academies, Bundesverband Film Editors, and Deutsche Werbefilm Akademie. Budelmann holds a UK Global Talent Visa in the field of Film & Television, endorsed as Exceptional Talent by Arts Council England and PACT.
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 30, 1973 (52)
- Bremen, Germany
- Editor
- 14 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Sven Budelmann's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sven Budelmann's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Sven Budelmann's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Divided We Stand(2022)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Chess Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Skylines(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
As Green As It Gets(2018)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Deutschland 83(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Der Medicus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Stereo(2014)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Physician(2013)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Mom's Gotta Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Rammstein: In Amerika - Live from Madison Square Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Young Goethe in Love(2010)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
North Face(2008)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Vineta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Morituri Te Salutant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
People of the Book (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 16 of them dated from 2000 to 2022.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2023, Best Editing.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Sven Budelmann's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th5
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Sven Budelmann's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Sven Budelmann work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sven Budelmann's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philipp Stölzl shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Philipp StölzlShared titles: Chess Story (2021), I've Never Been to New York (2019), Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee (2016), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016), The Physician (2013), Young Goethe in Love (2010), North Face (2008)See all 7 shared titles with Philipp Stölzl
- Edward BergerShared titles: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Deutschland 83 (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Berger
- Florian GallenbergerShared titles: Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021), As Green As It Gets (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Florian Gallenberger
- Maximilian ErlenweinShared titles: Skylines (2019), Stereo (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Maximilian Erlenwein
Writers
- Jan BergerShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee (2016), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016), The Physician (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Jan Berger
- Christoph MüllerShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee (2016), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016), The Physician (2013), Young Goethe in Love (2010)See all 5 shared titles with Christoph Müller
- Kim ZimmermannShared titles: Divided We Stand (2022), Skylines (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Zimmermann
- Alexander DydynaShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Young Goethe in Love (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Alexander Dydyna
Actors
- Rainer BockShared titles: Divided We Stand (2022), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016), Stereo (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Rainer Bock
- Jürgen VogelShared titles: Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016), Stereo (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Jürgen Vogel
- Moritz BleibtreuShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Stereo (2014), Young Goethe in Love (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Moritz Bleibtreu
- Albrecht SchuchShared titles: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Chess Story (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Albrecht Schuch
Composers and cinematographers
- Enis RotthoffShared titles: Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021), As Green As It Gets (2018), Stereo (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Enis Rotthoff
- Ingo Ludwig FrenzelShared titles: Chess Story (2021), The Physician (2013), Young Goethe in Love (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
- Thomas W. KiennastShared titles: Chess Story (2021), I've Never Been to New York (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas W. Kiennast
- Heiko MaileShared titles: Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee (2016), Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Heiko Maile
Producers
- Benjamin HerrmannShared titles: Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021), As Green As It Gets (2018), North Face (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Benjamin Herrmann
- Christine StroblShared titles: Chess Story (2021), Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021), The Physician (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Christine Strobl
- Nico HofmannShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Deutschland 83 (2015), The Physician (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Nico Hofmann
- Sebastian WerningerShared titles: I've Never Been to New York (2019), Deutschland 83 (2015), The Physician (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sebastian Werninger
