Letterkenny's Michael Harte wins Best Editor at the Critics Choice awards in LA

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, edited by Michael Harte from Letterkenny, was the top winner at the 2023 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, which were handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles.

Among the other prizes the film collected was the best narration award for Michael J. Fox. It also won best biographical documentary, best direction for Davis Guggenheim for a total of five awards overall.

The film, which incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounts Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words — the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood, to his battles with Parkinson's Disease.

“The way Michael Harte did that still makes me cry when I watch it,” Michael J Fox says of the scene with Tracy Pollan, who he would later marry. “When I saw the use of that footage in that context, I went, ‘This guy is in love with her big-time.’ And that was what was happening in real life.”

Harte is also the editor of the Netflix series, Beckham, produced by former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham’s own company, Studio 99, in association with Ventureland.

The four-part documentary speaks to Beckham, his family, friends, and teammates about the former footballer’s life and career to date. It starts with his upbringing in east London, followed by his footballing career and life since.

Having studied Communications in DCU and then a Masters in Film Studies at UCD, Harte’s most notable credits include the multi-award-winning Three Identical Strangers and Don’t Fu*k With Cats, which won a Bafta for best editing. His other credits include the Emmy-nominated On The President's Orders’ and Torn.