---
name: "Ben McKinstrie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-mckinstrie"
fi1m_id: "ben-mckinstrie"
imdb_id: "nm4084579"
tmdb_id: 2307714
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T10:43:02.461274+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."
---

# Ben McKinstrie

## Identity

Ben McKinstrie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-mckinstrie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-mckinstrie
- **IMDb ID:** nm4084579
- **TMDB ID:** 2307714
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4084579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2307714

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4084579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2307714

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Outlander*](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*Half Man*](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Ben McKinstrie is a British editor. He has worked on high-end television drama, including multiple editorial roles on the series *Outlander* (2014–) and as editor on the 2026 mini-series *Half Man*.

His other credits include editing episodes of *Missing You* (2025), *Call the Midwife* (2025), *Karen Pirie* (2022) and *The Red King* (2024), as well as short films and earlier work on series such as *River City* and *Eve*. He is based in Scotland and works across high-end television, features and commercials.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmedinburgh.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Half Man* (2026), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md)
- *The Blame* (2026), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blame.md)
- *Outlander* (2014), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Blame* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blame.md)
- *Half Man* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md)
- *Deliverance* (2024), Editor
- *Tell It to the Bees* (2019), as Digital Imaging Technician
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Between Above and Below* (2008), Editor

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