---
name: "Christopher Greenbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-greenbury"
fi1m_id: "christopher-greenbury"
imdb_id: "nm0338642"
tmdb_id: 7414
wikidata_id: "Q778812"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "24 September 1951"
died: "3 January 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T04:01:34.086833+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 Greenbury

## Identity

Christopher Greenbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-greenbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-greenbury
- **IMDb ID:** nm0338642
- **TMDB ID:** 7414
- **Wikidata ID:** Q778812
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Greenbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7414

Editor. Born 24 September 1951 in England, UK. Died 3 January 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 24 September 1951, England, UK
- **Died:** 3 January 2007
- **Active:** 1979–2005
- **Also known as:** Chris Greenbury
- **Frequently works with:** [Bobby Farrelly](https://film.one/person/bobby-farrelly.md), [Charles B. Wessler](https://film.one/person/charles-b-wessler.md), [Peter Farrelly](https://film.one/person/peter-farrelly.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1990s 76 (4), 2000s 46 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 2, Family 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,582m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Greenbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7414

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Muppet Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md) (82), [*The Pacifier*](https://film.one/film/the-pacifier.md) (36)
- **Hulu:** [*The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md) (72)

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## Biography

Christopher Greenbury (also credited as Chris Greenbury) was an English film editor. His credits date from the late 1970s and include more than thirty feature films.

He edited *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), the first of six collaborations with the Farrelly brothers. Other notable credits include *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), *There's Something About Mary* (1998), *American Beauty* (1999), *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000) and *Wild Hogs* (2007). With Tariq Anwar he won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for *American Beauty* and received an Academy Award nomination for the same film. He was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Pacifier* (2005), Fi1m 36, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pacifier.md)
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *American Beauty* (1999), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-beauty.md)
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Wild Hogs* (2007), Editor
- *Cheaper by the Dozen 2* (2005), Editor
- *The Pacifier* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pacifier.md)
- *Stuck on You* (2003), Editor
- *Daddy Day Care* (2003), Editor
- *View from the Top* (2003), Editor
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *Serendipity* (2001), Editor
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), Editor
- *American Beauty* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/american-beauty.md)
- *Lost & Found* (1999), Editor
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *Kingpin* (1996), Editor
- *Bio-Dome* (1996), Editor
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (1995), Editor
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *Frank & Jesse* (1994), Editor
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), Editor
- *Live Wire* (1992), Editor
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *Options* (1989), Editor
- *Rented Lips* (1988), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Three for the Road* (1987), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Haunted Honeymoon* (1986), Editor
- *The Heavenly Kid* (1985), as Man Eating Hot Dog · Editor
- *The Woman in Red* (1984), Editor
- *Smokey and the Bandit Part 3* (1983), Editor
- *Doctor Detroit* (1983), Editor
- *Some Kind of Hero* (1982), Editor
- *Liar's Moon* (1982), Editor
- *Where the Buffalo Roam* (1980), Editor
- *On the Air Live with Captain Midnight* (1979), Supervising Editor
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)
- *Love in the Hamptons* (1976), Editor
- *The Sex Thief* (1973), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2000: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *American Beauty*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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