---
name: "Martin Elsbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-elsbury"
fi1m_id: "martin-elsbury"
imdb_id: "nm0255604"
tmdb_id: 67598
wikidata_id: "Q25271251"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T01:50:14.268327+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."
---

# Martin Elsbury

## Identity

Martin Elsbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-elsbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-elsbury
- **IMDb ID:** nm0255604
- **TMDB ID:** 67598
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25271251
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25271251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67598

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David Attenborough](https://film.one/person/david-attenborough.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25271251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67598

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet*](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Martin Elsbury is a British film and television editor who has worked extensively on natural history documentaries.

He edited the 2020 Netflix documentary *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet*, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program. His other credits include the series *Our Planet* (2019), the feature *Earth* (2007), *Deep Blue* (2003), *The Life of Mammals* (2002) and *The Life of Birds* (1998). He has also edited episodes of *The Blue Planet* (2001) and *Life* (2009).

Elsbury has received further Emmy nominations for his work on natural history programmes, including for *The Blue Planet*.

*Sources: imdb.com, postperspective.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet* (2020), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Wild Isles* (2023), series, Editor
- *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md)
- *Our Planet* (2019), series, Editor
- *Paradise Islands* (2017), series, Editor
- *Hebrides: Islands on the Edge* (2013), series, Editor
- *Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers* (2012), Editor
- *Great White Shark: A Living Legend* (2009), Co-Editor
- *Earth* (2007), Editor
- *Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover* (2007), Editor
- *Deep Blue* (2003), Editor
- *The Life of Mammals* (2002), series, Editor
- *The Life of Birds* (1998), series, Editor
- *Land of the Tiger* (1997), series, Editor
- *Attenborough in Paradise* (1996), series, Editor
- *Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker* (1995), Editor
- *Life in the Freezer* (1993), series, Editor
- *The Trials of Life* (1990), Editor
- *The First Eden* (1987), series, Editor

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