---
name: "David Stiven"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-stiven"
fi1m_id: "david-stiven"
imdb_id: "nm0830638"
tmdb_id: 46952
wikidata_id: "Q19502152"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:18:13.513311+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 Stiven

## Identity

David Stiven

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-stiven
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-stiven
- **IMDb ID:** nm0830638
- **TMDB ID:** 46952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19502152
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19502152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46952

Editor. Born 1 January 1940 in England.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, England
- **Active:** 1981–1988
- **Frequently works with:** [John Cornell](https://film.one/person/john-cornell.md), [Linda Kozlowski](https://film.one/person/linda-kozlowski.md), [Paul Hogan](https://film.one/person/paul-hogan.md)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Action 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $592m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19502152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46952

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crocodile Dundee*](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Crocodile Dundee II*](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md) (44)

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

## Biography

David Stiven is a film editor. Born in England in 1940, he began his career in Australia in the mid-1960s, initially editing short films before moving to feature films from the mid-1970s.

He is known for his work on *Mad Max 2* (1981), *Crocodile Dundee* (1986), *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), *Darkman* (1990) and *Almost an Angel* (1990). He shared an AACTA Award for Best Achievement in Editing for *Mad Max 2* and received a nomination for *Promised Woman* (1975).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), Fi1m 44, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)
- *Crocodile Dundee* (1986), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee.md)
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Bulls* (2008), Editor
- *Safety in Numbers* (2006), Editor
- *Liquid Bridge* (2003), Editor
- *The Pact* (2003), Editor
- *The Finder* (2001), Editor
- *Under the Lighthouse Dancing* (1997), Editor
- *Sister My Sister* (1994), Editor
- *Shopping* (1994), Editor
- *Almost an Angel* (1990), Editor, Art Direction
- *Darkman* (1990), Editor
- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)
- *The Facts of Life Down Under* (1987), Editor
- *Crocodile Dundee* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee.md)
- *Bodyline* (1984), series, Editor
- *Attack Force Z* (1982), Editor
- *The Highest Honour* (1982), Editor
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *Tim* (1979), Editor
- *Summer City* (1977), Editor
- *Promised Woman* (1976), Editor
- *One Hundred a Day* (1973), Editor
- *The Film* (1967), Director

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