---
name: "Clare Douglas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clare-douglas"
fi1m_id: "clare-douglas"
imdb_id: "nm0234995"
tmdb_id: 59680
wikidata_id: "Q3791655"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "21 February 1944"
died: "9 July 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T13:32:39.755960+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."
---

# Clare Douglas

## Identity

Clare Douglas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clare-douglas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clare-douglas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0234995
- **TMDB ID:** 59680
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3791655
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Douglas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3791655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59680

Editor. Born 21 February 1944 in Ipswich. Died 9 July 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 21 February 1944, Ipswich
- **Died:** 9 July 2017
- **Active:** 1963–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Wimble](https://film.one/person/chris-wimble.md), [John le Carré](https://film.one/person/john-le-carre.md), [Jonathan Powell](https://film.one/person/jonathan-powell.md), [Paul Greengrass](https://film.one/person/paul-greengrass.md), [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md), [Anthony Bate](https://film.one/person/anthony-bate.md), [Arthur Hopcraft](https://film.one/person/arthur-hopcraft.md), [Mark Redhead](https://film.one/person/mark-redhead.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 86 (2)
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $77m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Douglas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3791655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59680

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*United 93*](https://film.one/film/united-93.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Clare Douglas was an English film and television editor. After studying English and drama at Bristol University and completing a film programme at Hornsey College of Art, she trained as an editor at the BBC, where she worked on documentaries and dramas before moving into freelance work.

She edited the 1979 BBC miniseries *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* and its 1982 sequel *Smiley's People*. Later credits include *Bloody Sunday* (2002) and *United 93* (2006), both directed by Paul Greengrass; for the latter she shared a BAFTA Award for Best Editing and received an Academy Award nomination. She also edited several works by Dennis Potter and Stephen Poliakoff, including *The Lost Prince* (2003). Douglas died in 2017.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *United 93* (2006), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/united-93.md)
- *Bloody Sunday* (2002), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bloody-sunday.md)
- *Smiley's People* (1982), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Capturing Mary* (2007), Editor
- *Joe's Palace* (2007), Editor
- *United 93* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/united-93.md)
- *Gideon's Daughter* (2005), Editor
- *Friends & Crocodiles* (2005), Editor
- *A Way of Life* (2004), Editor
- *The Lost Prince* (2003), series, Editor
- *Bloody Sunday* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bloody-sunday.md)
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, Editor
- *The Murder of Stephen Lawrence* (1999), Editor
- *The Misadventures of Margaret* (1998), Editor
- *Cold Lazarus* (1996), series, Editor
- *Karaoke* (1996), series, Editor
- *Midnight Movie* (1994), Editor
- *Lipstick on Your Collar* (1993), series, Editor
- *Secret Friends* (1991), Editor
- *For the Greater Good* (1991), series, Editor
- *Needle* (1990), Editor
- *Blackeyes* (1989), series, Editor
- *Christabel* (1988), series, Editor
- *A Perfect Spy* (1987), series, Editor
- *The Happy Valley* (1987), Editor
- *The Aerodrome* (1983), Editor
- *Smiley's People* (1982), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *Tenko* (1981), series, Editor
- *Shadows on Our Skin* (1980), Editor
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *Thank You, Comrades* (1978), Editor
- *Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora* (1976), Editor
- *Emma* (1972), series, Editor
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, Editor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *United 93*

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

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