---
name: "John Hoffman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hoffman-103345"
fi1m_id: "john-hoffman-103345"
imdb_id: "nm0388965"
tmdb_id: 103345
wikidata_id: "Q6239509"
roles: ["Special effects"]
born: "28 August 1904"
died: "6 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T00:49:29.544984+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 Hoffman

## Identity

John Hoffman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-hoffman-103345
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-hoffman-103345
- **IMDb ID:** nm0388965
- **TMDB ID:** 103345
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6239509
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hoffman_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6239509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103345

Special effects. Born 28 August 1904 in Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary). Died 6 January 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Special effects
- **Born:** 28 August 1904, Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)
- **Died:** 6 January 1980
- **Active:** 1931–1936
- **Also known as:** J. Ivan Hoffman, John I. Hoffman, John Ivan Hoffman
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Music 3, Romance 3, Drama 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hoffman_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6239509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388965/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103345

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Dracula*](https://film.one/film/dracula.md) (75)

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## Biography

John Hoffman was a Hungarian-born American film editor, montage specialist and occasional director. He began his career in the art department at Universal Pictures, contributing uncredited set design work to *Dracula* (1931) alongside Herman Rosse.

Hoffman later became known for creating montage sequences for numerous Hollywood features in the 1930s and 1940s. He directed several films, including *The Crimson Canary* (1945), *The Wreck of the Hesperus* (1948) and *The Lone Wolf and His Lady* (1949), and edited pictures such as *Five* (1951) and *War Hunt* (1962). He also collaborated on experimental shorts with Slavko Vorkapich.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, Sequence Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, Special Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *One Night of Love* (1934), Fi1m 73, Special Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md)
- *Dracula* (1931), Fi1m 75, Set Designer, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *War Hunt* (1962), Editor
- *The Nun and the Sergeant* (1962), Editor
- *Why Must I Die* (1960), Editor
- *Bwana Devil* (1952), Editor
- *Storm Over Tibet* (1952), Editor
- *Five* (1951), Editor
- *I Killed Geronimo* (1950), Director
- *Port of New York* (1949), as Additional Editing
- *The Lone Wolf and His Lady* (1949), Director
- *The Wreck of the Hesperus* (1948), Director
- *Forest Murmurs* (1947), Director
- *The Fabulous Suzanne* (1946), Editor
- *Prelude to Spring* (1946), Director
- *The Crimson Canary* (1945), Director
- *Strange Confession* (1945), Director
- *Cover Girl* (1944), as Other
- *Conquer by the Clock* (1942), Editor
- *Moods of the Sea* (1942), Director, Editor
- *Boom Town* (1940), Special Effects
- *Broadway Serenade* (1939), Editorial Services
- *Madame X* (1937), Editorial Services
- *San Francisco* (1936), Sequence Artist — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *Small Town Girl* (1936), Special Effects
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Special Effects — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *What Every Woman Knows* (1934), Special Effects
- *One Night of Love* (1934), Special Effects — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md)
- *Whom the Gods Destroy* (1934), Special Effects
- *Whirlpool* (1934), Special Effects
- *Goldie Gets Along* (1933), Special Effects
- *Dracula* (1931), Production Design, Set Designer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md)

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