---
name: "John Scott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-scott"
fi1m_id: "john-scott"
imdb_id: "nm0779347"
tmdb_id: 30461
wikidata_id: "Q1701697"
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T17:59:30.622394+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 Scott

## Identity

John Scott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-scott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-scott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0779347
- **TMDB ID:** 30461
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1701697
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30461

Editor and director. Born 1 January 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 2001–2006
- **Also known as:** John Scott (II)
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 directing, 3 crew
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $55m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30461

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Nip/Tuck*](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md) (70)

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

## Biography

John Scott is an Australian film editor. Born in Melbourne in 1944, he has worked in the industry since the 1970s.

He is known for editing *Sexy Beast* (2001), *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), *The Quiet American* (2002), *Little Fish* (2005) and *Basic Instinct 2* (2006). Other credits include *Roxanne* (1987) and *The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey* (1988).

Scott has frequently collaborated with director Phillip Noyce.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (1)

- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Fi1m 36, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Buckley's Chance* (2021), Editor
- *Tommy's Honour* (2017), Editor
- *Now Add Honey* (2015), Editor
- *Septembers of Shiraz* (2015), Editor
- *The Lovers* (2015), Editor
- *Vara: A Blessing* (2014), Editor
- *My Zinc Bed* (2008), Editor
- *Awake* (2007), Editorial Consultant
- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Little Fish* (2005), Editor
- *Travellers and Magicians* (2003), Editor
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *The Quiet American* (2002), Editor
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Kick* (1999), Editor
- *The Cup* (1999), Editor
- *Molokai: The Story of Father Damien* (1999), Editor
- *The Sound of One Hand Clapping* (1998), Editor
- *Heaven's Burning* (1997), Editor
- *ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius* (1996), Editor
- *Tunnel Vision* (1995), Editor
- *Round Up* (1995), Editor
- *Map of the Human Heart* (1993), Editor
- *The Delinquents* (1989), Editor
- *Trouble in Paradise* (1989), Editor
- *The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey* (1988), Editor
- *Roxanne* (1987), Editor
- *The Good Wife* (1987), Editor
- *Windrider* (1986), Editor
- *Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert* (1986), Editor
- *Death of a Soldier* (1986), Editor
- *The Coca-Cola Kid* (1985), Editor
- *One Night Stand* (1984), Editor
- *The Return of Captain Invincible* (1983), Editor
- *Heatwave* (1982), Editor
- *Newsfront* (1978), Editor
- *The Mango Tree* (1977), Editor
- *Journey Among Women* (1977), Editor
- *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), Editor
- *Pure Shit* (1975), Editor
- *Barry McKenzie Holds His Own* (1974), Editor
- *The Adventures of Barry McKenzie* (1972), Editor

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