---
name: "Joan E. Chapman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joan-e-chapman"
fi1m_id: "joan-e-chapman"
imdb_id: "nm0152406"
tmdb_id: 16548
wikidata_id: "Q107215005"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T17:47:26.077079+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."
---

# Joan E. Chapman

## Identity

Joan E. Chapman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joan-e-chapman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joan-e-chapman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152406
- **TMDB ID:** 16548
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107215005
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107215005, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16548

Editor. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1982–1994
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (2), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $247m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107215005, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16548

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*First Blood*](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Joan E. Chapman is a Canadian film editor. She was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Her editing credits include *First Blood* (1982), *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), *Mannequin: On the Move* (1991), *Nickel & Dime* (1992) and *Folks!* (1992). She worked as an assistant editor on *Witness* (1985), *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986) and *Switching Channels* (1988).

Chapman has also contributed to sound editing, serving as ADR editor on *Se7en* (1995) and dialogue editor on *Ed Wood* (1994) and *Boys on the Side* (1995).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, Dialogue Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Witness* (1985), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)
- *First Blood* (1982), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), Editor
- *Se7en* (1995), ADR Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/se7en.md)
- *Squanto: A Warrior's Tale* (1994), ADR Editor
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Dialogue Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Indian Summer* (1993), ADR Editor
- *Folks!* (1992), Editor
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), Editor
- *Switching Channels* (1988), Assistant Editor
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Assistant Editor
- *Witness* (1985), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)
- *First Blood* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)

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