---
name: "John W. Wheeler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-w-wheeler"
fi1m_id: "john-w-wheeler"
imdb_id: "nm0923871"
tmdb_id: 2512
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T05:36:00.092566+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 W. Wheeler

## Identity

John W. Wheeler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-w-wheeler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-w-wheeler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923871
- **TMDB ID:** 2512
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2512

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1985–2008
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 52 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $756m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2512

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek: First Contact*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-first-contact.md) (82)
- **AMC+:** [*Rocky IV*](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md) (52)

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## Biography

John W. Wheeler is a film editor and member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE). He edited the feature film *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996).

His other editing credits include *Rocky IV* (1985), *SpaceCamp* (1986), *Ladybugs* (1992), *The Parallax View* (1974), *The Onion Field* (1979), *Strange Invaders* (1983) and *Posse* (1975). Wheeler received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special for the television miniseries *Separate but Equal* (1991) and an Eddie Award nomination from the ACE.

He has collaborated with editor Tim Board on several projects and with director John Erman on television productions including *Breathing Lessons* (1994) and *The Boys Next Door* (1996). Later credits include work in the technology crew on the Disney animated features *Mulan* (1998) and *Dinosaur* (2000).

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bolt* (2008), Fi1m 74, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bolt.md)
- *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-first-contact.md)
- *Rocky IV* (1985), Fi1m 52, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Bolt* (2008), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/bolt.md)
- *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-first-contact.md)
- *The Sunshine Boys* (1996), Editor
- *The Boys Next Door* (1996), Editor
- *Death in Small Doses* (1995), Editor
- *Breathing Lessons* (1994), Editor
- *Ladybugs* (1992), Editor
- *Impulse* (1990), Editor
- *Big Bad John* (1990), Editor
- *Split Decisions* (1988), Editor
- *Million Dollar Mystery* (1987), Editor
- *SpaceCamp* (1986), Editor
- *Rocky IV* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md)
- *Rhinestone* (1984), Editor
- *Strange Invaders* (1983), Editor
- *The Challenge* (1982), Editor
- *Going Ape!* (1981), Editor
- *Serial* (1980), Editor
- *The Onion Field* (1979), Editor
- *The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training* (1977), Editor
- *Green Eyes* (1977), Editor
- *Posse* (1975), Editor
- *The Parallax View* (1974), Editor
- *Fade In* (1973), Editor
- *Jennifer on My Mind* (1971), Editor
- *Norwood* (1970), Editor
- *The Sterile Cuckoo* (1969), Editor

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