---
name: "Gershon Hinkson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gershon-hinkson"
fi1m_id: "gershon-hinkson"
imdb_id: "nm0385815"
tmdb_id: 959055
roles: ["Additional editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T04:03:24.659462+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."
---

# Gershon Hinkson

## Identity

Gershon Hinkson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gershon-hinkson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gershon-hinkson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0385815
- **TMDB ID:** 959055
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959055

Additional editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Additional editor
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,528m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959055

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Severance*](https://film.one/tv/severance.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Gershon Hinkson is a film and television editor. He began his career as an apprentice editor on Spike Lee's *Clockers* (1995) after attending Brooklyn College. He has worked as an assistant or additional editor on numerous features, including *Spider-Man 2* (2004), *Æon Flux* (2005), *The Interpreter* (2005), *Poseidon* (2006), *Jumper* (2008), *True Grit* (2010), *Ocean's Eight* (2018) and *Chaos Walking* (2021).

Hinkson has edited episodes of the Apple TV+ series *Severance* (2022), the film *The Independent* (2022) and episodes of *The Best Man: The Final Chapters* (2022). He has also directed, written and produced short films, and founded the production company Igneous Features. His credits include collaborations with directors such as Alfonso Cuarón, the Coen brothers, Sydney Pollack, Steven Soderbergh and Doug Liman.

*Sources: imdb.com, youtube.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Severance* (2022), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Fi1m 44, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *Ocean's Eight* (2018), Fi1m 60, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eight.md)
- *True Grit* (2010), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/true-grit.md)
- *The Interpreter* (2005), Fi1m 62, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Fi1m 85, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *In the Hand of Dante* (2026), Co-Producer
- *The Independent* (2022), Editor
- *Severance* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Additional Editor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *Ocean's Eight* (2018), Additional Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eight.md)
- *Flatliners* (2017), First Assistant Editor
- *Free State of Jones* (2016), Visual Effects Editor
- *The Turtle & the Nightingale* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Editor
- *True Grit* (2010), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/true-grit.md)
- *Æon Flux* (2005), First Assistant Editor
- *The Interpreter* (2005), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *The Best Man* (1999), First Assistant Editor
- *Paul Robeson: Here I Stand* (1999), Associate Editor
- *A Walk on the Moon* (1999), Assistant Editor

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