---
name: "David Ray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-ray"
fi1m_id: "david-ray"
imdb_id: "nm0712799"
tmdb_id: 1157
wikidata_id: "Q30967205"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-22T20:52:48.059640+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 Ray

## Identity

David Ray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-ray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-ray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0712799
- **TMDB ID:** 1157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q30967205
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30967205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1157

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1981–2000
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (2), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $108m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30967205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1157

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Scarface*](https://film.one/film/scarface.md) (79)

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

## Biography

David Ray is a film and television editor. His feature credits include *Scarface* (1983), *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990), *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990), *Billy Bathgate* (1991), *A Bronx Tale* (1993), *Uptown Girls* (2003) and *Carlito's Way: Rise to Power* (2005). He has also worked as an associate or additional editor on titles such as *All That Jazz* (1979) and *Hamlet* (2000).

Ray began in sound editing and editorial departments on films including *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1974) and *Reds* (1981). His television work encompasses episodes of *Blue Bloods*, *Borgia* and *Billions*, and he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his editing.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hamlet* (2000), Fi1m 68, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Scarface* (1983), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)
- *Reds* (1981), Fi1m 77, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Love and Money* (2026), Producer
- *Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front* (2006), Editor
- *Felicity: An American Girl Adventure* (2005), Editor
- *Carlito's Way: Rise to Power* (2005), Editor
- *Loverboy* (2005), Editor
- *Uptown Girls* (2003), Editor
- *Hamlet* (2000), Additional Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *A Shot at Glory* (2000), Editor
- *Witness to the Mob* (1998), Editor
- *In the Gloaming* (1997), Editor
- *Seasons of the Heart* (1994), Editor
- *A Bronx Tale* (1993), Editor
- *Billy Bathgate* (1991), Editor
- *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990), Editor
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990), Editor
- *Second Sight* (1989), Editor
- *Clinton and Nadine* (1988), Editor
- *White Water Summer* (1987), Editor
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1987), Editor
- *Death of a Salesman* (1985), Editor
- *Scarface* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)
- *Reds* (1981), Sound Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *One Trick Pony* (1980), Editor
- *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1974), Assistant Sound Editor
- *Blade* (1973), Editor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-ray