---
name: "Bruce Cannon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-cannon"
fi1m_id: "bruce-cannon"
imdb_id: "nm0134164"
tmdb_id: 9772
wikidata_id: "Q16247127"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T03:02:19.450064+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."
---

# Bruce Cannon

## Identity

Bruce Cannon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-cannon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-cannon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0134164
- **TMDB ID:** 9772
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16247127
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16247127, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9772

Editor. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1982–2003
- **Frequently works with:** [John Singleton](https://film.one/person/john-singleton.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (2), 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $475m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16247127, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9772

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boyz n the Hood*](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*2 Fast 2 Furious*](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Bruce Cannon is an American film editor. His credits include *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), *Poetic Justice* (1993), *Higher Learning* (1995), *Rosewood* (1997), *Baby Boy* (2001), *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), *Four Brothers* (2005), *Things We Lost in the Fire* (2007), *Abduction* (2011) and *Vincent N Roxxy* (2016).

Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant editor on *Rocky III* (1982), *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), *The Big Chill* (1983) and *Silverado* (1985). He has also edited television films and series episodes.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Rocky III* (1982), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Love Beats Rhymes* (2017), Editor
- *Vincent N Roxxy* (2016), Editor
- *What Maisie Knew* (2013), as Puppeteer 1
- *Abduction* (2011), Editor
- *Once Fallen* (2010), Editor
- *Things We Lost in the Fire* (2007), Editor
- *The Death and Life of Bobby Z* (2007), Editor
- *Four Brothers* (2005), Editor
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Baby Boy* (2001), Editor
- *One Night at McCool's* (2001), Editor
- *Sunset Strip* (2000), Editor
- *Paulie* (1998), Editor
- *Rosewood* (1997), Editor
- *Carried Away* (1996), Editor
- *Higher Learning* (1995), Editor
- *Poetic Justice* (1993), Editor
- *The Heart of Justice* (1992), Editor
- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)
- *The End of Innocence* (1990), Editor
- *Dead Man Out* (1989), Co-Editor
- *Time Out* (1988), Editor
- *The Wind* (1986), Editor
- *Silverado* (1985), First Assistant Editor
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Rocky III* (1982), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iii.md)
- *Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light* (1980), as Other

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