José Salcedo Palomeque (c. 1949 – 19 September 2017) was a Spanish film editor with over 120 feature film credits. He had an extended collaboration with the director Pedro Almodóvar, having edited all of Almodóvar's films from 1980 until his death. Salcedo had been nominated many times for Goya Award for Best Editing, and won the award three times: for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995), and All About My Mother (1999). He was honored with the 2017 Gold Medal of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, which is the Spanish academy that awards the Goyas.

Filmography

Legacy

José Salcedo’s editing work is celebrated for its sharpness, precision, and the way it enhanced the emotional resonance of the films he worked on. His influence on the films of Pedro Almodóvar and other Spanish directors solidified his reputation as one of Spain's most talented editors. His death in September 2017 marked the end of a career that left an indelible mark on the landscape of Spanish cinema.