---
name: "Curtiss Clayton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/curtiss-clayton"
fi1m_id: "curtiss-clayton"
imdb_id: "nm0165679"
tmdb_id: 6390
wikidata_id: "Q18694596"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-23T04:13:35.685965+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."
---

# Curtiss Clayton

## Identity

Curtiss Clayton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/curtiss-clayton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** curtiss-clayton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0165679
- **TMDB ID:** 6390
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18694596
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18694596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6390

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Gus Van Sant](https://film.one/person/gus-van-sant.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $39m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18694596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6390

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Drugstore Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md) (83), [*Buffalo '66*](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md) (77)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md) (84)

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## Biography

Curtiss Clayton is an American film editor. He edited Gus Van Sant's *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), *My Own Private Idaho* (1991) and *To Die For* (1995), as well as Vincent Gallo's *Buffalo '66* (1998) and Andrew Dominik's *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007). Other credits include *Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers* (1988), *Unlawful Entry* (1992), *Brokedown Palace* (1999) and *Henry's Crime* (2010).

Clayton has edited several independent features that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He also directed the feature film *Rick* (2003). He has received two wins and two nominations for his editing work, including an ACE Eddie Award nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, svenskfilmdatabas.se, filmbooster.com, mewshop.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md)
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Sunkiss* (2024), Editor
- *Underground* (2023), Editorial Consultant
- *Loren & Rose* (2022), Editor
- *Music* (2021), Editor
- *The 11th Green* (2020), Editor
- *State Like Sleep* (2019), Editor
- *The Bad Batch* (2017), Consulting Editor
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2017), Editor
- *Child of God* (2014), Editor
- *Parts Per Billion* (2014), Editor
- *Sunlight Jr.* (2013), Editor
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), Editor
- *Maladies* (2012), Editor
- *Henry's Crime* (2010), Editor
- *American Violet* (2008), Editor
- *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md)
- *The Situation* (2007), Editor
- *Sherrybaby* (2006), Editor
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), Editor
- *Rick* (2003), Director, Editor
- *Made* (2001), Editor
- *Committed* (2000), Editor
- *Brokedown Palace* (1999), Editor
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)
- *Female Perversions* (1996), Editor
- *To Die For* (1995), Editor
- *The Glass Shield* (1994), Editor
- *Even Cowgirls Get the Blues* (1994), Editor
- *Unlawful Entry* (1992), Editor
- *A Matter of Degrees* (1991), Editor
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *My Own Private Idaho* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md)
- *Paint It Black* (1990), Editor
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers* (1988), Editor
- *A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth* (1988), Editor
- *Made in U.S.A.* (1987), Editor
- *On the Line* (1984), Editor
- *Nomad Riders* (1982), Editor
- *Be Glad He Did It*, Editor

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