---
name: "Chris Tonick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-tonick"
fi1m_id: "chris-tonick"
tmdb_id: 1495876
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "18 June 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T21:28:11.078832+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 Tonick

## Identity

Chris Tonick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-tonick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-tonick
- **TMDB ID:** 1495876
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1495876

Editor. Born 18 June 1983 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 18 June 1983, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,378m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1495876

## Biography

Chris Tonick is an American film editor. Born on 18 June 1983 in Dallas, Texas, he earned a film degree from Southern Methodist University before moving to Los Angeles in 2011. He began his career editing documentaries, instructional television series and commercials in Texas.

Tonick worked as an assistant editor on several studio films, including *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), *John Wick: Chapter 2* (2017) and *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019). He later became a lead editor on features such as *Black Friday* (2021), *Freelance* (2023), *Trigger Warning* (2024) and *The Furious* (2025). He was recommended for the latter by director Chad Stahelski.

*Sources: imdb.com, peoplenewspapers.com, filmsupply.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Furious* (2026), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md)
- *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), Fi1m 77, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md)
- *John Wick: Chapter 2* (2017), Fi1m 76, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-2.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Furious* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md)
- *Kung Fu Games* (2024), Editor
- *Trigger Warning* (2024), Editor
- *Freelance* (2023), Editor
- *Black Friday* (2021), Editor
- *The Suicide Squad* (2021), Additional Editor
- *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md)
- *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018), Assistant Editor
- *Different Flowers* (2017), Associate Producer
- *John Wick: Chapter 2* (2017), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-2.md)
- *Everly* (2015), First Assistant Editor
- *Evil Voices Lie* (2014), Actor
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe* (2013), Assistant Editor

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