---
name: "David Latham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-latham"
fi1m_id: "david-latham"
imdb_id: "nm0490071"
tmdb_id: 25861
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T10:21:13.304661+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 Latham

## Identity

David Latham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-latham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-latham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0490071
- **TMDB ID:** 25861
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25861

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2001–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Chip Johannessen](https://film.one/person/chip-johannessen.md), [Adam Fierro](https://film.one/person/adam-fierro.md), [Alex Gansa](https://film.one/person/alex-gansa.md), [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [David Fury](https://film.one/person/david-fury.md), [Howard Gordon](https://film.one/person/howard-gordon.md), [Jeremy Podeswa](https://film.one/person/jeremy-podeswa.md), [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25861

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Homeland*](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md) (78), [*24*](https://film.one/tv/24.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)

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

## Biography

David Latham is a television editor. His credits include four episodes of the series *Dexter* in 2010.

He worked extensively on *24* (2001–2010, 67 episodes) and edited one episode of *Homeland* in 2011, as well as episodes of *Castle* (2011–2016) and earlier series including *Baywatch* (1991–1999). He also edited several television films.

Latham won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, for *24* in 2006 and *Homeland* in 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, dexter.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Underdogs* (2013), Screenplay
- *Homeland* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *The President's Man: A Line in the Sand* (2002), Editor
- *24* (2001), series, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *The President's Man* (2000), Editor
- *Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay* (1998), Editor
- *Assault on Devil's Island* (1997), Editor
- *Steel Chariots* (1997), Editor
- *Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise* (1995), Editor
- *Thunder in Paradise 2* (1994), Editor
- *Thunder in Paradise* (1993), Editor
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Editor
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, Editor

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