---
name: "Louise Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louise-ford"
fi1m_id: "louise-ford"
imdb_id: "nm3076494"
tmdb_id: 1397777
wikidata_id: "Q63969836"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T04:19:12.763034+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."
---

# Louise Ford

## Identity

Louise Ford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louise-ford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louise-ford
- **IMDb ID:** nm3076494
- **TMDB ID:** 1397777
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63969836
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Ford_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63969836, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3076494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397777

Editor. Born 1 January 1950 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Nantwich, Cheshire, England
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Louise Aldersay
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Eggers](https://film.one/person/robert-eggers.md), [Willem Dafoe](https://film.one/person/willem-dafoe.md), [Aaron Taylor-Johnson](https://film.one/person/aaron-taylor-johnson.md), [Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke.md), [Lily-Rose Depp](https://film.one/person/lily-rose-depp.md), Sjón
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $333m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Ford_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63969836, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3076494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397777

## Coming up

- *Werwulf* (2026-12-25), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/werwulf.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lighthouse*](https://film.one/film/the-lighthouse.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Nosferatu*](https://film.one/film/nosferatu.md) (75)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Phone 2*](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Louise Ford is a British film editor. She was born in Nantwich, Cheshire. After a media studies degree at the Polytechnic of Central London, she worked as a journalist and production editor for publications including The Sunday Times, Q and Cosmopolitan. She later moved to New York, completed a short editing course and became assistant to editor Michael Taylor.

Ford met director Robert Eggers in 2007 while editing his short film The Tell-Tale Heart. Their subsequent feature collaborations include The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman (2022) and Nosferatu (2024). Other credits include Don't Breathe (2016), Thoroughbreds (2017), Wildlife (2018), Bad Education (2019) and Black Phone 2 (2025). She has received several award nominations for her editing work, including an Independent Spirit Award nomination for The Lighthouse.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Nosferatu* (2024), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nosferatu.md)
- *The Lighthouse* (2019), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lighthouse.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Werwulf* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/werwulf.md)
- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Nosferatu* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/nosferatu.md)
- *Landscape with Invisible Hand* (2023), Editor
- *The Northman* (2022), Editor
- *Things Heard & Seen* (2021), Editor
- *The Lighthouse* (2019), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lighthouse.md)
- *Bad Education* (2019), Editor
- *Wildlife* (2018), Editor
- *Siberia* (2018), Editor
- *Thoroughbreds* (2018), Editor, Music Editor
- *The Darkness* (2016), Editorial Consultant
- *Half the Perfect World* (2016), Editor
- *Don't Breathe* (2016), Editor
- *The Witch* (2016), Editor, Sound Editor, Music Editor
- *Brothers* (2015), Editor
- *All Eyes and Ears* (2015), First Assistant Editor
- *The Heart Machine* (2014), Editor
- *Across Grace Alley* (2013), Editor
- *The Loneliest Planet* (2012), Assistant Editor
- *Caris' Peace* (2011), Assistant Editor
- *In My Lifetime: A Presentation of the Nuclear World Project* (2011), Assistant Editor
- *Down the Shore* (2011), First Assistant Editor
- *The Imperialists Are Still Alive!* (2010), First Assistant Editor
- *The Tell-Tale Heart* (2009), Sound Editor, Editor, Music Editor
- *DreamRiders* (2009), Assistant Editor
- *Against the Current* (2009), Assistant Editor
- *The Recruiter* (2008), Additional Editor
- *The Savages* (2007), Associate Editor
- *Moving Midway* (2007), Associate Editor

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