---
name: "Christopher Murrie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-murrie"
fi1m_id: "christopher-murrie"
imdb_id: "nm1543945"
tmdb_id: 983740
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T23:14:29.764645+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 Murrie

## Identity

Christopher Murrie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-murrie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-murrie
- **IMDb ID:** nm1543945
- **TMDB ID:** 983740
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1543945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/983740

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2009–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Arianne Sutner](https://film.one/person/arianne-sutner.md), [Chris Butler](https://film.one/person/chris-butler.md), [Travis Knight](https://film.one/person/travis-knight.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $292m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1543945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/983740

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Coraline*](https://film.one/film/coraline.md) (85), [*Kubo and the Two Strings*](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md) (83), [*ParaNorman*](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Christopher Murrie is a film editor who has worked primarily in stop-motion animation. He graduated from Knox College in 1995 with a degree in studio art and joined what was then Will Vinton Studios in 1999 as an assistant editor, later becoming a senior editor at the studio after its rebranding as Laika.

Murrie served as editor on *Coraline* (2009), *ParaNorman* (2012) and *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016). He provided additional editing on *The Boxtrolls* (2014). He received an Annie Award for editorial achievement on *Kubo and the Two Strings* and was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for the same film; he was also nominated for an Eddie Award for *Coraline*.

*Sources: knox.edu, imdb.com, postperspective.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Coraline* (2009), Fi1m 85, as Toy (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md)
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Fi1m 64, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md)
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *Coraline* (2009), as Toy (voice) · Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)
- *Moongirl* (2005), Editor
- *Ananda* (2003), Editor

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