---
name: "John Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-wilson-476"
fi1m_id: "john-wilson-476"
imdb_id: "nm0933622"
tmdb_id: 476
wikidata_id: "Q19888332"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:07:22.987008+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 Wilson

## Identity

John Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-wilson-476
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-wilson-476
- **IMDb ID:** nm0933622
- **TMDB ID:** 476
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19888332
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19888332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/476

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1982–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Greenaway](https://film.one/person/peter-greenaway.md), [Brian Percival](https://film.one/person/brian-percival.md), [Kees Kasander](https://film.one/person/kees-kasander.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 65 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Crime 1, History 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $209m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19888332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/476

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Draughtsman's Contract*](https://film.one/film/the-draughtsmans-contract.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Downton Abbey*](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md) (75)

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

## Biography

John Wilson is a British film and television editor. He studied graphic design in Portsmouth before beginning his career editing documentaries at the Central Office of Information, where he met director Peter Greenaway and began a long collaboration that included *The Draughtsman's Contract* (1982), *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), *Drowning by Numbers* (1988) and *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989).

Wilson has edited more than fifty feature films and television productions. His credits include *Billy Elliot* (2000), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Editing, *The History Boys* (2006), *The Book Thief* (2013), *Me Before You* (2016) and thirteen episodes of *Downton Abbey*. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts by Solent University, where he is a visiting fellow.

*Sources: solent.ac.uk, de.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Book Thief* (2013), Fi1m 49, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *The History Boys* (2006), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)
- *The Draughtsman's Contract* (1982), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-draughtsmans-contract.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Love in Kilnerry* (2022), Editor
- *Save the Cinema* (2022), Editor
- *Who Owns Scotland?* (2021), series, Editor
- *Joey* (2020), Editor
- *She* (2020), Editor
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, Editor
- *American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley* (2019), series, Editor
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), series, Editor
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), Editor
- *Me Before You* (2016), Editor
- *A Song for Jenny* (2015), Editor
- *London Road* (2015), Editor
- *Day of the Flowers* (2013), Editor
- *The Book Thief* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *From Time to Time* (2009), Editor
- *Good* (2008), Editor
- *The History Boys* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Incubus* (2006), Editor
- *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (2004), Editor
- *Cheeky* (2003), Editor
- *Happy Now* (2001), Editor
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *The Debt Collector* (1999), Editor
- *Colour Blind* (1998), series, Editor
- *Eight* (1998), Editor
- *Resurrection Man* (1998), Editor
- *Remember Me?* (1997), Editor
- *Decadence* (1994), Editor
- *Not Mozart: WAM! Limited* (1991), Editor
- *Young Soul Rebels* (1991), Editor
- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover.md)
- *Drowning by Numbers* (1988), Editor
- *The Belly of an Architect* (1987), Editor
- *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), Editor
- *Making a Splash* (1984), Editor
- *Four American Composers: John Cage* (1983), Editor
- *The Sea in Their Blood* (1983), Editor
- *The Draughtsman's Contract* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-draughtsmans-contract.md)
- *Zandra Rhodes* (1981), Editor
- *Iron Ribbon*, Editor

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