---
name: "Lucian Johnston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lucian-johnston"
fi1m_id: "lucian-johnston"
imdb_id: "nm2730909"
tmdb_id: 1790655
wikidata_id: "Q62599631"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T03:55:11.980900+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."
---

# Lucian Johnston

## Identity

Lucian Johnston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lucian-johnston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lucian-johnston
- **IMDb ID:** nm2730909
- **TMDB ID:** 1790655
- **Wikidata ID:** Q62599631
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62599631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2730909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1790655

Editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ari Aster](https://film.one/person/ari-aster.md), [Lars Knudsen](https://film.one/person/lars-knudsen.md), [Joaquin Phoenix](https://film.one/person/joaquin-phoenix.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 75 (4), 2020s 70 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Western 3, Adventure 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $201m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62599631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2730909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1790655

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hereditary*](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md) (83), [*Midsommar*](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md) (79), [*If I Had Legs I'd Kick You*](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md) (78), [*Eddington*](https://film.one/film/eddington.md) (64)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Tragedy of Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Beau Is Afraid*](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Lucian Johnston is an American film editor. He studied writing at Sarah Lawrence College in New York state and began his career in post-production as an intern on *Honeydripper* (2007). He worked as an assistant editor on films including *Hostiles* (2017), *The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)* (2017) and *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018).

Johnston's first solo editing credit was on Ari Aster's *Hereditary* (2018), on which he collaborated with Jennifer Lame. He went on to edit Aster's *Midsommar* (2019) and *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), as well as Joel Coen's *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Lila Neugebauer's *Causeway* (2022) and Annie Baker's *Janet Planet* (2023). He edited Aster's *Eddington* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Eddington* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Midsommar* (2019), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md)
- *Hereditary* (2018), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md)
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), Fi1m 79, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), Fi1m 58, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Eddington* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Janet Planet* (2024), Editor
- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *Causeway* (2022), Editor
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Waves* (2019), Consulting Editor
- *Midsommar* (2019), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md)
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)
- *Wildlife* (2018), Assistant Editor
- *Hereditary* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)* (2017), Assistant Editor
- *Ancient History*, Editor
- *Jack of Spades*, Editor

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