---
name: "Jim Hession"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-hession"
fi1m_id: "jim-hession"
imdb_id: "nm1272001"
tmdb_id: 2052299
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "21 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:11:44.163853+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 Hession

## Identity

Jim Hession

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-hession
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-hession
- **IMDb ID:** nm1272001
- **TMDB ID:** 2052299
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2052299

Editor. Born 21 January 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 21 January 1981, New York City, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2052299

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Symphony*](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Jim Hession is an American film editor. He holds a B.A. in American Studies from Tufts University and is a three-time Sundance Institute Documentary Edit and Story Lab fellow and recipient of the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship Award.

Hession edited *Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present* (2012, co-editor), *Rich Hill* (2014) and *American Symphony* (2023). He has also edited episodes of the television series *The Deep End* (2022) and *Philly D.A.* (2021). His work has contributed to projects that received Emmy Awards, ACE Eddie Award nominations, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize and other honours.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinemacloset.com, borisfx.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Symphony* (2023), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Rafa* (2026), series, Editor
- *American Symphony* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)
- *Blood Rider* (2020), Editor
- *The Lovers and the Despot* (2016), Editor, Writer
- *Kobe Bryant's Muse* (2015), Editor
- *Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present* (2012), Co-Editor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jim-hession