---
name: "Chris Lovett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-lovett"
fi1m_id: "chris-lovett"
imdb_id: "nm0522656"
tmdb_id: 152058
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.466742+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."
---

# Chris Lovett

## Identity

Chris Lovett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-lovett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-lovett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0522656
- **TMDB ID:** 152058
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152058

Editor and director. Born in Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Active:** 1976–1985
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Gareth Gwenlan](https://film.one/person/gareth-gwenlan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152058

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Chris Lovett is a British editor and director. Born in 1945 in Surrey, England, he began his career in television editing, including work on the BBC series *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976) and *Poldark* (1975–1976).

He later directed episodes of numerous series, among them *Coronation Street* (1980–1983), *Tales of the Unexpected* (1980), *EastEnders* (1985), *The Bill* (1989–2003) and *Casualty* (1994–2006). Lovett has also edited music specials and reality television programmes. He won a Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On* (2010), Editor
- *Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong* (2008), Editor
- *Karaoke Superstars* (2006), Editor
- *Godsmack: Changes* (2004), Editor
- *Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete: Obedience - Working With Your Adult Dog* (1996), Assistant Editor
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, Director
- *MTV's 10th Anniversary Special* (1991), Editor
- *Pantera: Cowboys from Hell* (1991), Editor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Brigadista* (1985), Director
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1983), Editor
- *Afternoon* (1982), Editor
- *A Light Snack* (1982), Editor
- *Probation* (1982), Editor
- *Old Chums* (1982), Editor
- *The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final* (1982), Editor
- *Sky Lark* (1981), Director
- *Over There* (1979), Director
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, Director
- *Who's Who* (1979), Editor
- *Fairies* (1978), Editor
- *She Fell Among Thieves* (1978), Editor
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Director
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *Shoulder to Shoulder* (1974), series, Editor
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Director

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