---
name: "J. Kathleen Gibson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-kathleen-gibson"
fi1m_id: "j-kathleen-gibson"
imdb_id: "nm0317004"
tmdb_id: 1483898
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:41.946013+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."
---

# J. Kathleen Gibson

## Identity

J. Kathleen Gibson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-kathleen-gibson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-kathleen-gibson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317004
- **TMDB ID:** 1483898
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1483898

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Also known as:** J. Kathleen Gibson, ACE
- **Frequently works with:** [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (3), 1990s 60 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $273m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1483898

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dark Winds*](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md) (79)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dope Thief*](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md) (74)

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

## Biography

J. Kathleen Gibson, ACE, is a film and television editor. She began her career in the 1980s as an assistant editor on features including *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), *Moonstruck* (1987) and *Boomerang* (1992).

As an editor she has worked on series such as *Tulsa King* (2022–2024), *Dark Winds* (2022), *The Morning Show* (2023), *Saint X* (2023) and *Dope Thief* (2025). Earlier editing credits include *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), *In Treatment* (2008) and *Interrogation* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Dope Thief* (2025), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Dark Winds* (2022), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Boomerang* (1992), Fi1m 60, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Ishtar* (1987), Fi1m 72, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ishtar.md)
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Dope Thief* (2025), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Saint X* (2023), series, Editor
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Editor
- *Dark Winds* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Rush* (2014), series, Editor
- *Rosemary's Baby* (2014), series, Editor
- *Boss* (2011), series, Editor
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Editor
- *Hitched* (2001), Editor
- *Love and Action in Chicago* (1999), Editor
- *Mr. Jealousy* (1998), Editor
- *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), Editor
- *Boomerang* (1992), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Shakes the Clown* (1991), Editor
- *TV-Dad* (1988), Editor
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Ishtar* (1987), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/ishtar.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America* (1982), Assistant Sound Editor

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