---
name: "John Merritt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-merritt"
fi1m_id: "john-merritt"
imdb_id: "nm0581424"
tmdb_id: 69734
wikidata_id: "Q16504405"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 June 1920"
died: "6 June 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:32:07.168680+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 Merritt

## Identity

John Merritt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-merritt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-merritt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0581424
- **TMDB ID:** 69734
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16504405
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merritt_(editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16504405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69734

Editor. Born 9 June 1920 in London. Died 6 June 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 June 1920, London
- **Died:** 6 June 1999
- **Active:** 1977–1981
- **Frequently works with:** [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md), [Rospo Pallenberg](https://film.one/person/rospo-pallenberg.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 38 (1), 1980s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merritt_(editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16504405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69734

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Exorcist II: The Heretic*](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md) (38)

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

## Biography

John Merritt (1920–1999) was a British film and television editor. Born in London on 9 June 1920, he died in Bristol on 6 July 1999.

He collaborated repeatedly with director John Boorman, editing *Zardoz* (1974) and *Excalibur* (1981), and working on *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977). His other credits include television documentaries such as episodes of *Citizen 63* (1963) and *The Lively Arts* (1979), as well as directing and writing an episode of the series *Ten Years On* (1973).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Excalibur* (1981), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Excalibur* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *But Still We Sing* (1979), Editor
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Zardoz* (1974), Editor
- *In View: Six Days to Saturday* (1963), Editor
- *The Young Swingers* (1963), as Ken Sherwood
- *The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp* (1954), Editor

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-merritt