---
name: "Justine Wright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/justine-wright"
fi1m_id: "justine-wright"
imdb_id: "nm0942549"
tmdb_id: 35010
wikidata_id: "Q27923738"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-03T01:40:42.620778+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."
---

# Justine Wright

## Identity

Justine Wright

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/justine-wright
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** justine-wright
- **IMDb ID:** nm0942549
- **TMDB ID:** 35010
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27923738
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27923738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35010

Editor. Born 1 January 1950 in Zambia (raised in Wellington, New Zealand).

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Zambia (raised in Wellington, New Zealand)
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Macdonald](https://film.one/person/kevin-macdonald.md), [Adam Ackland](https://film.one/person/adam-ackland.md), [Andrew Scott](https://film.one/person/andrew-scott.md), [Florence Pugh](https://film.one/person/florence-pugh.md), [Guy Heeley](https://film.one/person/guy-heeley.md), [Leah Clarke](https://film.one/person/leah-clarke.md), [Olivia Colman](https://film.one/person/olivia-colman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, History 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Documentary 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $187m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27923738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35010

## Coming up

- *Prima Facie* (2026-11-13), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Touching the Void*](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) (87)
- **Netflix:** [*Denial*](https://film.one/film/denial.md) (64)
- **Apple TV:** [*We Live in Time*](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md) (58)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Mauritanian*](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md) (58)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Iron Lady*](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md) (52)

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

## Biography

Justine Wright is a New Zealand film editor based in London. She grew up in Zambia and New Zealand, studied politics at university, and trained in editing commercials and music videos after moving to London.

Wright first gained recognition for editing the documentaries *One Day in September* (1999) and *Touching the Void* (2003), both directed by Kevin Macdonald; the former won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. She has maintained a long collaboration with Macdonald on features including *The Last King of Scotland* (2006). Other notable credits include *State of Play* (2009), *The Iron Lady* (2011), *Locke* (2013), *Denial* (2016), *The Mauritanian* (2021), *Luther: The Fallen Sun* (2023) and *We Live in Time* (2024).

In 2014 she won the European Film Award for European Editor of the Year for *Locke*. She has also received a British Independent Film Award for Best Newcomer Behind the Camera and a co-win for Best Editing at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *We Live in Time* (2024), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *The Mauritanian* (2021), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md)
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Denial* (2016), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Locke* (2014), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)
- *The Iron Lady* (2011), Fi1m 52, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Prima Facie* (2026), Editor
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *Luther: The Fallen Sun* (2023), Editor
- *The Mauritanian* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md)
- *The Turning* (2020), Assistant Set Decoration
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), series, Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Yardie* (2018), Editor
- *Denial* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Black Sea* (2014), Editor
- *Locke* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)
- *The Iron Lady* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-lady.md)
- *State of Play* (2009), Editor
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2007), Consulting Editor
- *The Last King of Scotland* (2006), Editor
- *The Listening* (2006), Editor
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)
- *The Final Curtain* (2002), Editor
- *Late Night Shopping* (2001), Editor
- *Inside-Out* (1999), Editor
- *The Two Week Wait*, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Justine Wright](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-4f2556da377d.jpg) Justine Wright — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%285_of_113%29_%2854097947641%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-49e5a19ee0fb.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%285_of_113%29_%2854097947641%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%285_of_113%29_%2854097947641%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-7672e0ca2f31.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%286_of_113%29_%2854098200813%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%286_of_113%29_%2854098200813%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-44f9ce98a036.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%286_of_113%29_%2854098200813%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-8f6d0f4571d1.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%287_of_113%29_%2854098285824%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%287_of_113%29_%2854098285824%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10188/gallery-0e4cc64c959f.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%287_of_113%29_%2854098285824%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Editor 2014: European Film Award for Best Editor (won), for *Locke*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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