---
name: "Dávid Jancsó"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-jancso"
fi1m_id: "david-jancso"
imdb_id: "nm0417347"
tmdb_id: 1037857
wikidata_id: "Q95286035"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "2 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T01:28:07.098115+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."
---

# Dávid Jancsó

## Identity

Dávid Jancsó

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-jancso
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-jancso
- **IMDb ID:** nm0417347
- **TMDB ID:** 1037857
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95286035
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1vid_Jancs%C3%B3, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95286035, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1037857

Editor. Born 2 July 1982 in Budapest.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 2 July 1982, Budapest
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Brady Corbet](https://film.one/person/brady-corbet.md), [Kata Wéber](https://film.one/person/kata-weber.md), [Kornél Mundruczó](https://film.one/person/kornel-mundruczo.md), [Mona Fastvold](https://film.one/person/mona-fastvold.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $85m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1vid_Jancs%C3%B3, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95286035, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1037857

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Brutalist*](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Pieces of a Woman*](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Dávid Jancsó is a Hungarian film editor. He was born on 2 July 1982 in Budapest and is the son of director Miklós Jancsó and editor Zsuzsa Csákány. He trained at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest.

Jancsó has edited features including *White God* (2014), *The Childhood of a Leader* (2015), *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), *The World to Come* (2020), *Monkey Man* (2024, co-editor) and *The Brutalist* (2024). He has collaborated frequently with directors Kornél Mundruczó and Brady Corbet.

In 2025 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *The Brutalist*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Monkey Man* (2024), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Place to Be* (2026), Editor
- *Rosebush Pruning* (2026), Editor
- *At the Sea* (2026), Editor
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Monkey Man* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *The Crowded Room* (2023), series, Editor
- *Evolution* (2021), Editor
- *The World to Come* (2021), Editor
- *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md)
- *Treadstone* (2019), series, Editor
- *Hope You Die Next Time :-)* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Jupiter's Moon* (2017), Editor
- *The Childhood of a Leader* (2016), Editor
- *Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn* (2014), Editor
- *White God* (2014), Editor
- *Something Blue* (2011), Editor
- *Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project* (2010), Editor
- *So Much for Justice!* (2010), Editor
- *Delta* (2008), Editor
- *100 Feet* (2008), Assistant Editor
- *Ed's Eaten Elevenses* (2006), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Brutalist*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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