---
name: "Colin Patton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-patton"
fi1m_id: "colin-patton"
imdb_id: "nm1732761"
tmdb_id: 1023495
wikidata_id: "Q110969192"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T11:42:18.098312+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."
---

# Colin Patton

## Identity

Colin Patton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colin-patton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colin-patton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1732761
- **TMDB ID:** 1023495
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110969192
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110969192, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1023495

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David Gordon Green](https://film.one/person/david-gordon-green.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $223m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110969192, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1023495

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Good Place*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Scarpetta*](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Colin Patton is a film and television editor. He graduated from Columbia University and began his career in the editorial department on features including *Knocked Up* (2007), *Yes Man* (2008) and *Pineapple Express* (2008).

Patton has edited numerous films and series. His credits include *Joe* (2013), *Prince Avalanche* (2013), *Life After Beth* (2014), *Manglehorn* (2014), *Our Brand Is Crisis* (2015), *The Good Place* (2016), *Pitch Perfect 3* (2017), *Our Friend* (2019), *I.S.S.* (2023), *80 for Brady* (2023) and *Scarpetta* (2026). He has collaborated on four features with director David Gordon Green.

*Sources: imdb.com, shootonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Scarpetta* (2026), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Yes Man* (2008), Fi1m 56, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/yes-man.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *The Hawk* (2026), series, Editor
- *Scarpetta* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *Nutcrackers* (2024), Editor
- *I.S.S.* (2024), Editor
- *80 for Brady* (2023), Editor
- *Cha Cha Real Smooth* (2022), as Additional Editing
- *Ordinary Joe* (2021), series, Editor
- *Our Friend* (2019), Editor
- *Pitch Perfect 3* (2017), Editor
- *The Good Place* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Our Brand Is Crisis* (2015), Editor
- *Manglehorn* (2015), Editor
- *Life After Beth* (2014), Editor
- *Joe* (2014), Editor
- *Hello* (2014), as Property Master
- *Prince Avalanche* (2013), Editor
- *Yes Man* (2008), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/yes-man.md)
- *Pineapple Express* (2008), First Assistant Editor
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Assistant Editor
- *Christmas at Water's Edge* (2004), as Set Decoration

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