---
name: "David Wharnsby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-wharnsby"
fi1m_id: "david-wharnsby"
imdb_id: "nm0923572"
tmdb_id: 19953
wikidata_id: "Q5241000"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:41:54.197739+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 Wharnsby

## Identity

David Wharnsby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-wharnsby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-wharnsby
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923572
- **TMDB ID:** 19953
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5241000
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wharnsby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923572/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19953

Editor. Born 20 June 1967 in Waterloo.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 June 1967, Waterloo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wharnsby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923572/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19953

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Away from Her*](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md) (82)

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## Biography

David Wharnsby is a Canadian film editor and occasional director. Born on 20 June 1967 in Waterloo, Ontario, he attended Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School. His mother hosted the children's television programme Romper Room in the 1960s.

Wharnsby has edited numerous feature films and television series, including *The Saddest Music in the World* (2003), *Away from Her* (2006), *Passchendaele* (2008), *Hyena Road* (2015), *Alias Grace* (2017) and episodes of *Saving Hope* (2012–2017), on which he also directed. He received a Genie Award for *The Saddest Music in the World* and a Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award for *Away from Her*.

He was married to director and actress Sarah Polley from 2003 to 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Away from Her* (2007), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Seven Veils* (2025), Editor
- *EarthWorm* (2024), Editor
- *Stellar* (2022), Editor
- *Into the Weeds* (2022), Editor
- *Hey Lady!* (2020), series, Editor
- *Alias Grace* (2017), series, Editor
- *Hyena Road* (2015), Editor
- *Saving Hope* (2012), series, Director
- *Passchendaele* (2008), Editor
- *Green Door* (2008), Editor
- *Away from Her* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md)
- *Siblings* (2004), Editor
- *Trouser Accidents* (2004), Co-Editor
- *The Saddest Music in the World* (2003), Editor
- *Perfect Pie* (2002), Editor
- *I Shout Love* (2002), Editor
- *Century Hotel* (2001), Editor
- *Don't Think Twice* (1999), Editor
- *The Best Day of My Life* (1999), Editor
- *Sarabande* (1997), Editor
- *Embers*, Editor

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