---
name: "Cheryl Potter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cheryl-potter"
fi1m_id: "cheryl-potter"
imdb_id: "nm1551349"
tmdb_id: 1816348
wikidata_id: "Q107603234"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:45:18.733918+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."
---

# Cheryl Potter

## Identity

Cheryl Potter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cheryl-potter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cheryl-potter
- **IMDb ID:** nm1551349
- **TMDB ID:** 1816348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107603234
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107603234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1551349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1816348

Editor. Born in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 57 (1), 2020s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 57 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Drama 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $241m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107603234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1551349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1816348

## Biography

Cheryl Potter is a film and television editor. She began her career in Australia, working first as a duplication assistant in a post house before becoming an assistant editor on features and television series. She later transitioned to editing roles on high-profile projects.

Potter has edited episodes of the series *Hanna* (2019), *Snowpiercer* (2020), *The Alienist* (2020), *The Nevers* (2021), *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022) and *The Acolyte* (2024). She has also worked as additional editor on *The Martian* (2015), *Alien: Covenant* (2017) and *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018).

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, provideocoalition.com, mastertheworkflow.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Last House* (2026), Fi1m 54, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-house.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Last House* (2026), Additional Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-house.md)
- *Young Sherlock* (2026), series, Editor, Supervising Editor
- *Cleaner* (2025), Editor
- *The Agency* (2024), series, Editor
- *The Acolyte* (2024), series, Editor
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, Editor
- *The Nevers* (2021), series, Editor
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Unseen* (2018), Editor
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, Editor
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), Additional Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), Assistant Editor
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), First Assistant Editor
- *Ghost Ship* (2002), Visual Effects Assistant Editor
- *Section 1591*, Additional Editor

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