---
name: "John Hackney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hackney"
fi1m_id: "john-hackney"
imdb_id: "nm0352562"
tmdb_id: 11293
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "27 February 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:23:11.499352+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 Hackney

## Identity

John Hackney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-hackney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-hackney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0352562
- **TMDB ID:** 11293
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11293

Editor. Born 27 February 1952 in Wandsworth, London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 27 February 1952, Wandsworth, London, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11293

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Monty Python and the Holy Grail*](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md) (87)

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## Biography

John Hackney is a British film editor. He served as editor on the comedy film *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.

Born on 27 February 1952 in Wandsworth, London, Hackney began his career in the late 1960s with roles in the editorial and sound departments. His subsequent work has included editing television documentaries and factual series such as episodes of *Dispatches* (2006) and *Time Team* (1999), as well as nature programmes including *Swamp Tigers* (2001) and *Return of the Unicorn* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Completely Bad News* (2019), Second Assistant Director
- *Mrs. Meitlemeihr* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Swamp Tigers* (2001), Editor
- *Animals of the Ocean Desert* (2001), Editor
- *A Dangerous Summer* (1982), Sound Editor
- *The Punk Rock Movie* (1978), Editor
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *Death Line* (1972), Sound Editor

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