---
name: "Garth Craven"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/garth-craven"
fi1m_id: "garth-craven"
imdb_id: "nm0186602"
tmdb_id: 20924
wikidata_id: "Q133896372"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "28 February 1939"
died: "1 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T00:34:25.224990+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."
---

# Garth Craven

## Identity

Garth Craven

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/garth-craven
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** garth-craven
- **IMDb ID:** nm0186602
- **TMDB ID:** 20924
- **Wikidata ID:** Q133896372
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Craven, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133896372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20924

Editor. Born 28 February 1939 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. Died 1 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 28 February 1939, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- **Died:** 1 January 2023
- **Active:** 1973–2001
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Craven, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133896372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20924

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Legally Blonde*](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md) (78)

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## Biography

Garth Craven was an English film editor. Born on 28 February 1939 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, he studied philosophy and English at the University of Leeds. He began his career in sound editing, working on Federico Fellini’s *Satyricon* (1969) and receiving a BAFTA nomination for dubbing editor on Joseph Losey’s *The Go-Between* (1971).

Craven collaborated frequently with director Sam Peckinpah, contributing sound work and editing on six of his films, including *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974) and *Convoy* (1978). He later edited numerous studio features, among them *Turner & Hooch* (1989), *My Best Friend’s Wedding* (1997), *Legally Blonde* (2001) and *Peter Pan* (2003). He also served as second unit director on several projects.

Craven died on 20 May 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *Educating Rita* (1983), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous* (2005), Editor
- *Peter Pan* (2003), Editor
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *What's the Worst That Could Happen?* (2001), Editor
- *Where the Money Is* (2000), Editor
- *Return to Me* (2000), Editor
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), Editor
- *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), Editor
- *One Fine Day* (1996), Editor
- *Restoration* (1995), Editor
- *When a Man Loves a Woman* (1994), Editor
- *And the Band Played On* (1993), Additional Editor
- *Soapdish* (1991), Editor
- *Turner & Hooch* (1989), Editor
- *Third Degree Burn* (1989), Editor
- *Shoot to Kill* (1988), Editor
- *Gaby: A True Story* (1987), Editor
- *The Best of Times* (1986), Editor
- *Little Treasure* (1985), Editor
- *Educating Rita* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)
- *I, the Jury* (1982), Editor
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1980), Editor
- *Avalanche Express* (1979), Editor
- *Convoy* (1978), Editor
- *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), Editor
- *The Killer Elite* (1975), Supervising Editor
- *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), Supervising Film Editor
- *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), Editor
- *Straw Dogs* (1971), Sound Editor

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