---
name: "Battle Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/battle-davis"
fi1m_id: "battle-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0204216"
tmdb_id: 14340
wikidata_id: "Q19959249"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1952"
died: "1 January 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:56:05.726298+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."
---

# Battle Davis

## Identity

Battle Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/battle-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** battle-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0204216
- **TMDB ID:** 14340
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19959249
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19959249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14340

Editor. Born 1 January 1952. Died 1 January 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1952
- **Died:** 1 January 1994
- **Active:** 1984–1992
- **Also known as:** T. Battle Davis
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 67 (1), 1990s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $422m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19959249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14340

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Awakenings*](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Battle Davis was an American film editor. He began working as an assistant editor in the late 1970s and took on editing roles from 1980 onwards. He was also credited as T. Battle Davis.

Davis edited *Awakenings* (1990), *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), *Frankie and Johnny* (1991) and *Renaissance Man* (1994). Earlier credits include additional editing on *The Natural* (1984) and *Glory* (1989), and assistant editing on *...All the Marbles* (1981). He wrote the screenplay for one episode of the television series *Tales from the Crypt* in 1989.

Davis was born in 1952 and died in 1994.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Awakenings* (1990), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *The Natural* (1984), Fi1m 67, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Renaissance Man* (1994), Editor
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Frankie and Johnny* (1991), Editor
- *Awakenings* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988), Editor
- *Wild Thing* (1987), Editor
- *Little Spies* (1986), Editor
- *Slow Burn* (1986), Editor
- *The Natural* (1984), Additional Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)
- *...All the Marbles* (1981), Assistant Editor
- *The Ninth Configuration* (1980), Editor

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