---
name: "Derek Brechin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-brechin"
fi1m_id: "derek-brechin"
imdb_id: "nm0106513"
tmdb_id: 21351
wikidata_id: "Q21290785"
roles: ["Assistant editor"]
born: "23 December 1951"
died: "6 November 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T23:38:45.769310+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."
---

# Derek Brechin

## Identity

Derek Brechin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derek-brechin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** derek-brechin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0106513
- **TMDB ID:** 21351
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21290785
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21290785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106513/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21351

Assistant editor. Born 23 December 1951 in Scotland. Died 6 November 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant editor
- **Born:** 23 December 1951, Scotland
- **Died:** 6 November 2009
- **Active:** 1988–2008
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (1), 1990s 73 (3), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Thriller 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,537m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21290785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106513/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21351

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Stargate*](https://film.one/film/stargate.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Derek Brechin was a Scottish film editor. He began his career in the late 1970s as an editorial apprentice and assistant editor on features including Fast Break (1979) and Loving Couples (1980). He later worked as assistant editor on Die Hard (1988) and Basic Instinct (1992).

Brechin received his first lead editing credit on Stargate (1994), which he co-edited with Michael J. Duthie. He went on to edit Breakdown (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Thir13en Ghosts (2001), Doom (2005) and other action and science-fiction films. He also contributed additional editing to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Iron Man (2008). Brechin died in Glendale, California, in 2009.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.stargatewiki.noip.me, legacy.com, catalog.afi.com, m.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Iron Man* (2008), Fi1m 80, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man.md)
- *Stargate* (1994), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/stargate.md)
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), Fi1m 72, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Die Hard* (1988), Fi1m 89, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li* (2009), Editor
- *Iron Man* (2008), Additional Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man.md)
- *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), Additional Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md)
- *The Condemned* (2007), Editor
- *Doom* (2005), Editor
- *Paycheck* (2003), as Additional Editing
- *Cradle 2 the Grave* (2003), Editor
- *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), Editor
- *Exit Wounds* (2001), Editor
- *Romeo Must Die* (2000), Editor
- *Deep Blue Sea* (1999), Editor
- *The Patriot* (1998), Editor
- *Breakdown* (1997), Editor
- *Executive Decision* (1996), Editor
- *Stargate* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/stargate.md)
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Die Hard* (1988), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)
- *Russkies* (1987), Assistant Editor
- *Amityville 3-D* (1983), Assistant Editor
- *Loving Couples* (1980), Assistant Editor

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