---
name: "Christopher Donaldson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-donaldson"
fi1m_id: "christopher-donaldson"
imdb_id: "nm0232083"
tmdb_id: 81872
wikidata_id: "Q95834524"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T04:08:00.241059+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."
---

# Christopher Donaldson

## Identity

Christopher Donaldson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-donaldson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-donaldson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0232083
- **TMDB ID:** 81872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95834524
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Donaldson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95834524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81872

Editor. Born in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Marshall](https://film.one/person/aaron-marshall.md), [Kari Skogland](https://film.one/person/kari-skogland.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 2, Fantasy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Donaldson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95834524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81872

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Women Talking*](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*The Handmaid's Tale*](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md) (75)
- **Netflix:** [*Vikings*](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Christopher Donaldson is a Canadian film and television editor. He studied film at Queen’s University and completed an editing apprenticeship in Toronto before working as an assistant editor on several projects.

His credits include *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017–2021), *Women Talking* (2022) for Sarah Polley, *Crimes of the Future* (2022) and *The Shrouds* (2024) for David Cronenberg, *Reacher* (2022), and additional editing on *Megalopolis* (2024). He won a Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing for *The Border* (2008) and has received multiple Canadian Screen Award nominations for editing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, imdb.com, kickasscanadians.ca, queensu.ca.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Women Talking* (2022), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *I, Object* (2026), Editor
- *Fear Street: Prom Queen* (2025), Editor
- *The Shrouds* (2025), Editor
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Additional Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Women Talking* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *Crimes of the Future* (2022), Editor
- *Reacher* (2022), series, Editor
- *A Simple Fucking Gesture* (2020), Editor
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *The Kennedys: After Camelot* (2017), series, Editor
- *Remember* (2015), Editor
- *Stage Fright* (2014), Editor
- *The Right Kind of Wrong* (2013), Editor
- *Cottage Country* (2013), Editor
- *Vikings* (2013), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Take This Waltz* (2011), Editor
- *Waterlife* (2009), Editor
- *Global Metal* (2008), Editor
- *Luck* (2004), Editor, Music Editor
- *McLuhan's Wake* (2002), Editor
- *Khaled* (2001), Editor
- *Century Hotel* (2001), Editor
- *Last Night* (1998), Assistant Editor, Music Editor

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