---
name: "Cam McLauchlin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cam-mclauchlin"
fi1m_id: "cam-mclauchlin"
imdb_id: "nm2693900"
tmdb_id: 1572876
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "3 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-22T03:24:20.774444+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."
---

# Cam McLauchlin

## Identity

Cam McLauchlin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cam-mclauchlin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cam-mclauchlin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2693900
- **TMDB ID:** 1572876
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2693900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572876

Editor. Born 3 March 1978 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 3 March 1978, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Cam Mclauchlin, Cameron McLauchlin
- **Frequently works with:** [Giancarlo Esposito](https://film.one/person/giancarlo-esposito.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (4), 2020s 66 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $826m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2693900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572876

## Coming up

- *Alone at Dawn* (2027-12-25), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Last Showgirl*](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Cam McLauchlin is a Canadian film editor. Born on 3 March 1978 in Kitchener, Ontario, he began his career in Toronto as an assistant editor on features including *Pacific Rim* (2013) and *Crimson Peak* (2015).

He served as associate editor and music editor on *The Shape of Water* (2017) and edited *Nightmare Alley* (2021), both directed by Guillermo del Toro. McLauchlin edited *Megalopolis* (2024) for Francis Ford Coppola, as well as *The Void* (2016), *Teen Spirit* (2018), *Disappearance at Clifton Hill* (2019) and *The Last Showgirl* (2024). His television credits include episodes of *The Strain* and *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022).

He received a Directors Guild of Canada award for outstanding achievement in picture editing for *Nightmare Alley* and has earned further Canadian Screen Awards and DGC nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, theroughcutpod.com, iconictalentagency.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/your-mother-your-mother-your-mother.md)
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *The Last Showgirl* (2024), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md)
- *Nightmare Alley* (2021), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nightmare-alley-2021.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Fi1m 83, Associate Editor, Title Designer, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Crimson Peak* (2015), Fi1m 74, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crimson-peak.md)
- *Carrie* (2013), Fi1m 52, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/carrie-2013.md)
- *Pacific Rim* (2013), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Alone at Dawn* (2027), Editor
- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/your-mother-your-mother-your-mother.md)
- *The Last Showgirl* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md)
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, Editor
- *Nightmare Alley* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/nightmare-alley-2021.md)
- *Warning* (2021), Editor
- *The Silencing* (2020), Consulting Editor
- *Disappearance at Clifton Hill* (2020), Editor
- *The Kindness of Strangers* (2019), Editor
- *Romance Language* (2019), Editor
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Editor
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Music Editor, Title Designer, Associate Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Boys On Film 16: Possession* (2017), Editor, Producer
- *The Void* (2016), Editor
- *PYOTR495* (2016), Editor, Producer
- *Crimson Peak* (2015), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crimson-peak.md)
- *Wolves* (2014), First Assistant Editor
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Editor
- *Carrie* (2013), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/carrie-2013.md)
- *Pacific Rim* (2013), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim.md)
- *The Samaritan* (2012), First Assistant Editor
- *The Thing* (2011), Assistant Editor
- *The Shrine* (2010), First Assistant Editor
- *Survival of the Dead* (2010), as Digital Intermediate
- *Choke* (2010), Editor
- *Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day* (2009), Digital Intermediate Editor

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