---
name: "Ian Crafford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-crafford"
fi1m_id: "ian-crafford"
imdb_id: "nm0185677"
tmdb_id: 10935
wikidata_id: "Q95882728"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "11 June 1944"
died: "22 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T19:17:07.669328+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."
---

# Ian Crafford

## Identity

Ian Crafford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-crafford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-crafford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0185677
- **TMDB ID:** 10935
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95882728
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95882728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10935

Editor. Born 11 June 1944 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 22 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 11 June 1944, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 July 2026
- **Active:** 1975–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 87 (1), 1980s 74 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Action 2, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $275m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95882728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10935

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Field of Dreams*](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Emerald Forest*](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Ian Crafford was a British film editor. Born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, he began working at Elstree Studios at the age of 17 and became the youngest first assistant editor in England. He worked in sound and editing departments early in his career, including on sound effects for *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975).

Crafford's editing credits include *The Medusa Touch* (1978), *Never Say Never Again* (1983), *The Emerald Forest* (1985), *Hope and Glory* (1987) — for which he received a BAFTA nomination — and *Field of Dreams* (1989). He collaborated repeatedly with director John Boorman and later worked on films such as *Thunderheart* (1992), *The Indian in the Cupboard* (1995) and *Where the Heart Is* (2000). His final credit was *The Hot Potato* (2012). He died in Brazil in 2026.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)
- *Hope and Glory* (1987), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hope-and-glory.md)
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, Sound Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *The Hot Potato* (2011), Editor
- *Walker Payne* (2006), Editor
- *The Game of Their Lives* (2005), Editor
- *The Boys & Girl from County Clare* (2003), Editor
- *Shiner* (2000), Editor
- *Where the Heart Is* (2000), Editor
- *When Trumpets Fade* (1998), Editor
- *Savior* (1998), Editor
- *Snow White: A Tale of Terror* (1997), Editor
- *The Indian in the Cupboard* (1995), Editor
- *Silent Fall* (1994), Editor
- *The Crush* (1993), Editor
- *Thunderheart* (1992), Editor
- *Back in the USSR* (1992), Editor
- *Class Action* (1991), Editor
- *Where the Heart Is* (1990), Editor
- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)
- *Dream Demon* (1988), Editor
- *Hope and Glory* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hope-and-glory.md)
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Still Smokin* (1983), Editor
- *The Bushido Blade* (1981), Sound Editor
- *Beyond the Reef* (1979), Editor
- *The Medusa Touch* (1978), Editor
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Sound Effects — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *Steppenwolf* (1974), Sound Editor
- *Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?* (1973), Sound Editor
- *One Russian Summer* (1973), Sound Editor

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