---
name: "Douglas Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-stewart"
fi1m_id: "douglas-stewart"
imdb_id: "nm0829339"
tmdb_id: 57950
wikidata_id: "Q1252518"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "27 March 1919"
died: "3 March 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T03:19:38.579557+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."
---

# Douglas Stewart

## Identity

Douglas Stewart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-stewart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-stewart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0829339
- **TMDB ID:** 57950
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1252518
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Stewart_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1252518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57950

Editor. Born 27 March 1919 in Canada. Died 3 March 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 27 March 1919, Canada
- **Died:** 3 March 1995
- **Active:** 1978–1983
- **Also known as:** Samuel Douglas Stewart 
- **Frequently works with:** [Philip Kaufman](https://film.one/person/philip-kaufman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Stewart_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1252518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57950

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Invasion of the Body Snatchers*](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Douglas Stewart was a Canadian-born film and television editor. He worked in Hollywood from the 1950s to the 1980s and held around sixteen feature film credits.

His credits include *The Hitch-Hiker* (1953), *The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid* (1972), *The Shootist* (1976), *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), *Rough Cut* (1980) and *The Right Stuff* (1983). He collaborated repeatedly with directors Philip Kaufman and Don Siegel. Stewart shared the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *The Right Stuff*. He received two Emmy nominations for his television work.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Right Stuff* (1983), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md)
- *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Right Stuff* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md)
- *Jinxed!* (1982), Editor
- *Fast-Walking* (1982), Editor
- *Rough Cut* (1980), Editor
- *Walk Proud* (1979), Editor
- *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md)
- *Telefon* (1977), Editor
- *The Shootist* (1976), Editor
- *Man on the Outside* (1975), Editor
- *One of Our Own* (1975), Editor
- *Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects* (1975), Editor
- *A Cry for Help* (1975), Editor
- *The Greatest Gift* (1974), Editor
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, Editor
- *Runaway!* (1973), Editor
- *The Victim* (1972), Editor
- *The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid* (1972), Editor
- *Lost Flight* (1970), Editor
- *Ritual of Evil* (1970), Editor
- *Change of Habit* (1969), Editor
- *Trial Run* (1969), Editor
- *Companions in Nightmare* (1968), Editor
- *Games* (1967), Editor
- *How I Spent My Summer Vacation* (1967), Editor
- *Beginning of the End* (1957), Sound Effects
- *The Hitch-Hiker* (1953), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1984: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Right Stuff*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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