---
name: "David Ian Salter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-ian-salter"
fi1m_id: "david-ian-salter"
imdb_id: "nm0759053"
tmdb_id: 12914
wikidata_id: "Q19517790"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "18 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T12:20:58.632273+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 Ian Salter

## Identity

David Ian Salter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-ian-salter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-ian-salter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0759053
- **TMDB ID:** 12914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19517790
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ian_Salter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19517790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12914

Editor. Born 18 July 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 18 July 1966, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 53 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ian_Salter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19517790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12914

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 2*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md) (89), [*Finding Nemo*](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md) (85), [*Ice Age: Continental Drift*](https://film.one/film/ice-age-continental-drift.md) (53)

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

## Biography

David Ian Salter is an American film editor. He was born on 18 July 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts.

His credits include *Toy Story 2* (1999), *Finding Nemo* (2003), *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015), *The Addams Family* (2019), *Arcane* (2021) and *Under the Boardwalk* (2023). He is a member of the American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Fi1m 85, as Additional Voices  (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), Fi1m 53, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-continental-drift.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis* (2025), Editor
- *Under the Boardwalk* (2023), as Unicorn Crab (voice) · Editor
- *Arcane* (2021), series, Editor
- *The Addams Family* (2019), Editor
- *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015), Editor
- *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-continental-drift.md)
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), as Additional Voices  (voice) · Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Second Film Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), Production Assistant

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