---
name: "John Gilbert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-gilbert"
fi1m_id: "john-gilbert"
imdb_id: "nm0003016"
tmdb_id: 1315
wikidata_id: "Q8293"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:22:40.909405+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."
---

# John Gilbert

## Identity

John Gilbert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-gilbert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-gilbert
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003016
- **TMDB ID:** 1315
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8293
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilbert_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1315

Editor. Born 1 January 2000 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2001–2016
- **Also known as:** John Gilbert, ACE, John Gilbert, A.C.E.
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilbert_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1315

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md) (90)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hacksaw Ridge*](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md) (77)

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

## Biography

John Gilbert is a New Zealand film editor. He began his career at the National Film Unit and later worked as an assistant editor and editor at Television New Zealand, also freelancing as a sound editor.

His first feature credit was *Crush* (1992). He edited *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), for which he received a Satellite Award for Best Editing and nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and ACE Eddie Award. For *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016) he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. Other credits include *Via Satellite* (1998), *The World's Fastest Indian* (2005), *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), *The Bank Job* (2008) and *Damsel* (2024).

Gilbert is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, blog.frame.io, nz.linkedin.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Damsel* (2024), Editor
- *The Tank* (2023), as Additional Editing
- *The Raid* (2022), Editor
- *Whina* (2022), Editor
- *The 355* (2022), Editor
- *Adrift* (2018), Editor
- *6 Days* (2017), Editor
- *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md)
- *The November Man* (2014), Editor
- *Chasing Mavericks* (2012), Editor
- *Killer Elite* (2011), Editor
- *Blitz* (2011), Editor
- *Road Trip: Beer Pong* (2009), Editor
- *Bandslam* (2009), Editor
- *Show of Hands* (2008), Editor
- *The Bank Job* (2008), Editor
- *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), Editor
- *The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'* (2006), Actor
- *The World's Fastest Indian* (2005), Editor
- *Perfect Strangers* (2003), Editor
- *A Place To Stand* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)
- *Punitive Damage* (1999), Editor
- *Willy Nilly* (1999), Editor
- *Via Satellite* (1998), Editor
- *The Murder House* (1998), Editor
- *Aberration* (1998), Editor
- *Executive Target* (1997), Editor
- *Return to Treasure Island* (1996), Editor
- *Chicken* (1996), Editor
- *The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper* (1996), series, Editor
- *Dirty Creature* (1995), Editor
- *Loaded* (1994), Editor
- *Jack Be Nimble* (1993), Editor
- *Crush* (1992), Editor
- *The Lounge Bar* (1989), Editor
- *Snail's Pace* (1989), Editor
- *Worzel Gummidge Down Under* (1987), series, Editor
- *The Haunting of Barney Palmer* (1987), Editor
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Mr. Springer
- *The Lost Tribe* (1983), Assistant Editor
- *Behave Yourself* (1962), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Film Editing (won), for *Hacksaw Ridge*
- 2002: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

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

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