---
name: "Jim May"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-may"
fi1m_id: "jim-may"
imdb_id: "nm0561997"
tmdb_id: 5546
wikidata_id: "Q123754015"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T16:19:19.870424+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 May

## Identity

Jim May

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-may
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-may
- **IMDb ID:** nm0561997
- **TMDB ID:** 5546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123754015
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123754015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5546

Editor. Born in Denver, Colorado.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 48 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123754015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5546

## Coming up

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027-04-28), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sonic the Hedgehog 2*](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md) (58), [*G.I. Joe: Retaliation*](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Jim May is a film editor.

He attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and began his career in visual effects editing, working at companies including Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Pictures Imageworks before moving into feature editing.

May edited *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), *Van Helsing* (2004), *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013) and episodes of the series *Love, Death & Robots* (2019). His other credits include *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022), *Rampage* (2018), *Non-Stop* (2014) and *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011). He has worked on multiple projects with director Stephen Sommers.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md)
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Fi1m 48, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027), Editor
- *Candy Cane Lane* (2023), Editor
- *Ghosted* (2023), Editor
- *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sonic-the-hedgehog-2.md)
- *Bloodshot* (2020), Editor
- *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), series, Editor
- *Rampage* (2018), Editor
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016), Editor
- *Goosebumps* (2015), Editor
- *The Guest* (2014), Thanks
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014.md)
- *Non-Stop* (2014), Editor
- *The Purge* (2013), Additional Editor
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), Editor
- *Undocumented* (2010), Editor
- *The A-Team* (2010), Editor
- *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009), Editor
- *Horsemen* (2009), Editor
- *The Hitcher* (2007), Editor
- *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning* (2006), Editor
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), as Vardan (voice) · Editor
- *Van Helsing* (2004), Editor
- *Kangaroo Jack* (2003), Editor
- *Cookers* (2001), Editor
- *Deep Rising* (1998), as Mystery Man · Visual Effects Editor
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Visual Effects Assistant Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)

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