List of famous film editors, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top film editors in the world? This includes the most prominent film editors, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable film editors is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic film editors were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned film editors.
List ranges from Bob Dylan to James Cameron and more.
From reputable, prominent, and well known film editors to the lesser known film editors of today, these are some of the best professionals in the film editor field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous film editors ever?" and "What are the names of famous film editors?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- Bob Dylan (born May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, poet, and visual... more
- James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist who... more
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor,... more
- George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. Lucas... more
- Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic... more
- Francis Ford Coppola (, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director,... more
- David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, musician, actor,... more
- Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker. Between... more
- Joseph Frank Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster... more
- David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American... more
- Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera ( mar-JAIR-ə; born September 28, 1979) is an American professional... more
- Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. With a... more
- Jean-Luc Godard (French: [ʒɑ̃lyk ɡɔdaʁ]; born 3 December 1930) is a French-Swiss film... more
- Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, screenwriter,... more
- Akira Kurosawa (Kyūjitai: 黒澤 明, Shinjitai: 黒沢 明 Kurosawa Akira; March 23, 1910 – September 6,... more
- Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (US: ; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon] pronunciation ; born 28 November... more
- Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter... more
- Antero Alli was born 11 November 1952, in Finland. Alli currently resides in Portland, Oregon,... more
- John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter,... more
D. W. Griffith
David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Widely... more- Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972) is a Spanish-Chilean film director,... more
- Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of The First Law... more
- Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his heavy... more
- Andy Milligan (February 12, 1929 – June 3, 1991) was an American playwright, screenwriter,... more
- Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej... more
