---
name: "Alan Strachan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-strachan"
fi1m_id: "alan-strachan"
imdb_id: "nm0833029"
tmdb_id: 24257
wikidata_id: "Q98210713"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 September 1938"
died: "29 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T02:08:17.704574+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Strachan

## Identity

Alan Strachan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-strachan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-strachan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0833029
- **TMDB ID:** 24257
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98210713
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98210713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24257

Editor. Born 19 September 1938. Died 29 May 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 September 1938
- **Died:** 29 May 2015
- **Active:** 1987–2000
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $71m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98210713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24257

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Withnail & I*](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Saving Grace*](https://film.one/film/saving-grace.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alan Strachan (1938–2015) was a British film editor. He began his career in the editorial department, working as an assistant editor on *Where Eagles Dare* (1968) and *Frenzy* (1972), and in assembly and associate roles on several James Bond films including *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977).

Strachan received editor credits on numerous features from the late 1970s onwards. These include *The Final Conflict* (1981), *North Sea Hijack* (1980), *Withnail & I* (1987), *How to Get Ahead in Advertising* (1989), *Waking Ned* (1998), *Saving Grace* (2000) and *FearDotCom* (2002).

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Saving Grace* (2000), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-grace.md)
- *Waking Ned* (1998), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dead Man Running* (2009), Editor
- *The Baker* (2007), Editor
- *American Daylight* (2006), Editor
- *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), Editor
- *The Best Man* (2005), Editor
- *Lighthouse Hill* (2004), Editor
- *Tooth* (2004), Editor
- *Baltic Storm* (2003), Editor
- *FearDotCom* (2002), Editor
- *The War Bride* (2001), Editor
- *Saving Grace* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-grace.md)
- *Spy Games* (1999), Editor
- *Waking Ned* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *Nostradamus* (1994), Editor
- *Love on a Branch Line* (1994), series, Executive Producer
- *How to Get Ahead in Advertising* (1989), Editor
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)
- *Not Quite Paradise* (1985), Editor
- *The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission* (1985), Editor
- *Power Game* (1983), Editor
- *The Sender* (1982), Editor
- *Tuxedo Warrior* (1982), Editor
- *Present Laughter* (1981), Director
- *The Final Conflict* (1981), Editor
- *Black Angel* (1980), Editor
- *North Sea Hijack* (1980), Editor
- *The Passage* (1979), Editor
- *The Greek Tycoon* (1978), Editor
- *The Human Factor* (1975), Editor
- *Frenzy* (1972), Assistant Editor
- *Short Cut to Haifa* (1972), Editor
- *Where Eagles Dare* (1968), Assistant Editor

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