---
name: "David Coulson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-coulson"
fi1m_id: "david-coulson"
imdb_id: "nm0183473"
tmdb_id: 15291
wikidata_id: "Q24808649"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T10:47:41.089480+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 Coulson

## Identity

David Coulson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-coulson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-coulson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0183473
- **TMDB ID:** 15291
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24808649
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24808649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183473/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15291

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24808649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183473/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15291

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)

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## Biography

David Coulson is a New Zealand film editor. He studied moving image at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts and began working as an editing assistant at TV One in 1977 before going freelance.

Coulson has edited numerous features, including several directed by Niki Caro: *Whale Rider* (2002), *North Country* (2005), *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), *McFarland, USA* (2015) and *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017). His other credits include *Mulan* (2020) and *The Mother* (2023). He has also worked extensively in commercials and on short films and television.

Coulson has won multiple New Zealand Film and Television Awards for editing, including for *Illustrious Energy* (1988), *The Footstep Man* (1993) and *Broken English* (1996), as well as an Asia-Pacific Film Festival award in 1996.

*Sources: nzonscreen.com, imdb.com, christchurchartgallery.org.nz.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *sr* (2026), Actor
- *The Mother* (2023), Editor
- *Mulan* (2020), Editor
- *Bridget and Iain* (2017), Editor
- *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017), Editor
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Night Shift* (2012), Editor
- *Manurewa* (2010), Editor
- *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), Editor
- *We're Here to Help* (2007), Editor
- *North Country* (2005), Editor
- *Together* (2004), Editor
- *Whale Rider* (2003), Editor
- *One of Them!* (1998), Editor
- *Amazon High* (1997), Editor
- *Broken English* (1996), Editor
- *Twilight of the Gods* (1996), Editor
- *Desperate Remedies* (1993), Editor
- *The Footstep Man* (1992), Editor
- *Kitchen Sink* (1989), Editor
- *Illustrious Energy* (1988), Editor
- *A Death in the Family* (1987), Editor
- *Talkback* (1987), Editor
- *Trespasses* (1984), Editor
- *Strata* (1983), Editor

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