---
name: "Ian John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-john"
fi1m_id: "ian-john"
imdb_id: "nm0424177"
tmdb_id: 1514345
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:12:37.227691+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 John

## Identity

Ian John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424177
- **TMDB ID:** 1514345
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1514345

Editor. Born in Painswick, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1978–1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1514345

## Biography

Ian John is a film editor and documentary maker. Born in Painswick, England, he trained as an editor with the BBC in London before relocating to New Zealand in late 1971.

He worked at Pacific Films in Wellington on the documentary series *Tangata Whenua* (1974). As a freelance editor he cut the New Zealand features *Sleeping Dogs* (1977) and *Utu* (1983), as well as *The Scarecrow* (1982) and *Leave All Fair* (1985).

John has also directed and produced television documentaries and informational films on subjects including sport, tourism and medical topics.

*Sources: nzonscreen.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Utu* (1983), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/utu.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Leave All Fair* (1985), Editor
- *Utu* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/utu.md)
- *The Scarecrow* (1982), Editor
- *Sleeping Dogs* (1978), Editor

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