---
name: "Jim Clark"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-clark"
fi1m_id: "jim-clark"
imdb_id: "nm0164083"
tmdb_id: 8970
wikidata_id: "Q360002"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "23 May 1931"
died: "25 February 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-25T07:14:42.593799+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."
---

# Jim Clark

## Identity

Jim Clark

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-clark
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-clark
- **IMDb ID:** nm0164083
- **TMDB ID:** 8970
- **Wikidata ID:** Q360002
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Clark_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8970

Editor. Born 23 May 1931 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK. Died 25 February 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 23 May 1931, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 February 2016
- **Active:** 1955–2008
- **Also known as:** James Clark
- **Frequently works with:** [David Puttnam](https://film.one/person/david-puttnam.md), [Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/person/eddie-marsan.md), [John Schlesinger](https://film.one/person/john-schlesinger.md), [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Roland Joffé](https://film.one/person/roland-joffe.md), [Sally Hawkins](https://film.one/person/sally-hawkins.md), [Simon Channing-Williams](https://film.one/person/simon-channing-williams.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 86 (1), 1960s 78 (2), 1970s 74 (1), 1980s 73 (2), 1990s 58 (1), 2000s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, History 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $512m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Clark_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8970

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (84), [*The Killing Fields*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) (82), [*Darling*](https://film.one/film/darling.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Marathon Man*](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Mission*](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Jim Clark (also credited as James Clark) was a British film editor and occasional director. He began working as an assistant editor at Ealing Studios in 1951 and made his feature editing debut in the mid-1950s. Over a career spanning more than fifty years, he edited more than forty feature films.

Clark received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for editing *The Killing Fields* (1984) and a second BAFTA Award for *The Mission* (1986). He was nominated for BAFTA Awards for *Marathon Man* (1976) and *Vera Drake* (2004). Other notable editing credits include *Charade* (1963), *The Innocents* (1961), *The World Is Not Enough* (1999) and *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008). He received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2005 and published the memoir *Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing* in 2011. He died in 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *The World Is Not Enough* (1999), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-world-is-not-enough.md)
- *The Mission* (1986), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md)
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Fi1m 85, Creative Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *Darling* (1965), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *The Ladykillers* (1955), Fi1m 86, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Harrods: The Rise & Fall of a British Institution* (2025), Editor
- *The Cove* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Virgin Territory* (2007), Editor
- *Opal Dream* (2006), Editor
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *City by the Sea* (2002), Editor
- *The Gathering Storm* (2002), Editor
- *Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)* (2001), Editor
- *Onegin* (1999), Editor
- *The World Is Not Enough* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-world-is-not-enough.md)
- *The Trench* (1999), Editor
- *The Jackal* (1997), Editor
- *Marvin's Room* (1996), Editor
- *Copycat* (1995), Editor
- *Nell* (1994), Editor
- *A Good Man in Africa* (1994), Editor
- *This Boy's Life* (1993), Editor
- *Spies, Inc.* (1992), Editor
- *Meeting Venus* (1991), Editor
- *Memphis Belle* (1990), Editor
- *Young Toscanini* (1988), Editor
- *The Mission* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md)
- *The Frog Prince* (1985), Editor
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Privates on Parade* (1983), Editor
- *Honky Tonk Freeway* (1981), Editor
- *Yanks* (1979), Editor
- *Agatha* (1979), Editor
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)
- *The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother* (1975), Editor
- *The Day of the Locust* (1975), Editor
- *Madhouse* (1974), Director
- *Visions of Eight* (1973), Editor
- *Kirkby - Portrait of a Town* (1973), Director
- *Rentadick* (1972), Director
- *Zee and Co.* (1972), Editor
- *Every Home Should Have One* (1970), Director
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *Speaking of Britain* (1967), Director
- *The Christmas Tree* (1966), Director
- *Darling* (1965), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *The Pumpkin Eater* (1964), Editor
- *Charade* (1963), Editor
- *Term of Trial* (1962), Editor
- *The Innocents* (1961), Editor
- *The Grass Is Greener* (1960), Editor
- *One Wish Too Many* (1956), Editor
- *The Ladykillers* (1955), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md)
- *Senghenydd - Glamorgan, South Wales, portrait of a mining town*, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1987: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Mission*
- 1985: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Killing Fields*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won

- 1987: Best Editing (won), for *The Mission*
- 1985: Best Editing (won), for *The Killing Fields*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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