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name: "Frédéric Thoraval"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederic-thoraval"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "18 February 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:07:50.942490+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."
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# Frédéric Thoraval

Editor. Born 18 February 1973 in Lorient, Morbihan, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 18 February 1973, Lorient, Morbihan, France
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Thoraval, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1471644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62434

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Promising Young Woman*](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md) (72)

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## Biography

Frédéric Thoraval is a French-American film editor. Born on 18 February 1973 in Lorient, France, he began his career in the French film industry in the early 2000s, working on productions associated with Luc Besson before taking lead editing credits.

His early feature credits include *District B13* (2004). He has edited numerous action, thriller and horror films, among them *Taken* (2008), *From Paris with Love* (2010), *Safe* (2012), *Sinister* (2012), *Peppermint* (2018), *The Black Phone* (2021) and *The Gorge* (2025).

Thoraval received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, as well as BAFTA and ACE Eddie nominations, for his work on *Promising Young Woman* (2020).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *The Gorge* (2025), Editor
- *Rebel* (2022), Editor
- *The Black Phone* (2022), Editor
- *The Ambush* (2021), Editor
- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)
- *Peppermint* (2018), Editor
- *O.G.* (2018), Editor
- *Unforgettable* (2017), Editor
- *Lady Bloodfight* (2016), Editor
- *The Gunman* (2015), Editor
- *Dead Man Down* (2013), Editor
- *Sinister* (2012), Editor
- *Safe* (2012), Editor
- *The Assault* (2011), Editor
- *Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale* (2010), as Additional Editing
- *From Paris with Love* (2010), Editor
- *Taken* (2008), Editor
- *Bandidas* (2006), Editor
- *Angel-A* (2005), Editor
- *District B13* (2004), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Promising Young Woman*

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

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