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name: "Dan Schwalm"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-schwalm"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:43:19.808910+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."
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# Dan Schwalm

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1703986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2896690

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*My Octopus Teacher*](https://film.one/film/my-octopus-teacher.md) (75)

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## Biography

Dan Schwalm is a film editor specialising in natural history documentaries. He edited *My Octopus Teacher* (2020), directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Schwalm has edited episodes and series including *Chimp Empire* (2023), *Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory* (2022) and *Untamed Romania* (2018). With Pippa Ehrlich, he won the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary Feature for *My Octopus Teacher*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Octopus Teacher* (2020), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/my-octopus-teacher.md)

## Also known for

- *Chimp Empire* (2023), Editor

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