---
name: "David Burrows"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-burrows"
fi1m_id: "david-burrows"
imdb_id: "nm0123262"
tmdb_id: 970287
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:50.745159+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."
---

# David Burrows

## Identity

David Burrows

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-burrows
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-burrows
- **IMDb ID:** nm0123262
- **TMDB ID:** 970287
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/970287

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Roy Lee](https://film.one/person/roy-lee.md), [Christopher Miller](https://film.one/person/christopher-miller.md), [Dan Lin](https://film.one/person/dan-lin.md), [Jared Stern](https://film.one/person/jared-stern.md), [John Whittington](https://film.one/person/john-whittington.md), [Phil Lord](https://film.one/person/phil-lord.md), [Will Arnett](https://film.one/person/will-arnett.md), [Zach Galifianakis](https://film.one/person/zach-galifianakis.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/970287

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Lego Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Lego Batman Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Ron's Gone Wrong*](https://film.one/film/rons-gone-wrong.md) (71)

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

## Biography

David Burrows is a British film editor and voice actor. He edited *The Lego Movie* (2014) with Chris McKay, winning the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Animation) in 2015. His other editing credits include *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017) and *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021). He has also worked as an assistant editor on films including *Happy Feet* (2006) and *The Avengers* (1998).

Burrows has provided voices for several of the Lego films on which he worked, including the Octan Robot and additional voices in *The Lego Movie* (2014), Anchorman Phil and additional voices in *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), and the Fuchsia Ninja in *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, ninjago.fandom.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Anchorman Phil (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), Fi1m 83, as Octan Robot / Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rons-gone-wrong.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Kipps - The New Half a Sixpence Musical* (2021), as Uncle Bert
- *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/rons-gone-wrong.md)
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), as Fuchsia Ninja (voice)
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), as Anchorman Phil (voice) · Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), as Octan Robot / Additional Voices (voice) · Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)
- *LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace* (2011), Editor
- *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), Editor
- *Happy Feet* (2006), VFX Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Daredevil* (2003), as Man at the Ball (uncredited)
- *The Avengers* (1998), Assistant Editor

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