---
name: "James Melton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-melton"
fi1m_id: "james-melton"
imdb_id: "nm0578394"
tmdb_id: 61795
wikidata_id: "Q19545136"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T02:09:17.390276+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."
---

# James Melton

## Identity

James Melton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-melton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-melton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0578394
- **TMDB ID:** 61795
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19545136
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19545136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61795

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1973–1995
- **Also known as:** Jim Melton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 70 (1), 1990s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Romance 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,308m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19545136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61795

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md) (70)

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

## Biography

James Melton, also credited as Jim Melton, is a film editor who worked primarily at Walt Disney Productions. His first major screen credit was as co-editor, with Tom Acosta, on the animated feature *Robin Hood* (1973).

He edited or contributed to the editorial department on numerous Disney animated films, including *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (1977), *The Rescuers* (1977), *The Fox and the Hound* (1981), *Mickey's Christmas Carol* (1983), *The Black Cauldron* (1985), *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986), *Oliver & Company* (1988), *Beauty and the Beast* (1991) and later titles such as *Home on the Range* (2004). His Disney career spanned more than three decades.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Pocahontas* (1995), Fi1m 54, Editorial Staff — [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Aladdin* (1992), Fi1m 82, Dialogue Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Fi1m 91, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md)
- *Robin Hood* (1973), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Home on the Range* (2004), Assistant Editor
- *Pocahontas* (1995), Editorial Staff — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Aladdin* (1992), Dialogue Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md)
- *Oliver & Company* (1988), Editor
- *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986), Editor
- *The Black Cauldron* (1985), Editor
- *Mickey's Christmas Carol* (1983), Editor
- *The Fox and the Hound* (1981), Editor
- *The Small One* (1978), Editor
- *The Rescuers* (1977), Editor
- *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (1977), Editor
- *Robin Hood* (1973), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md)

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