---
name: "Matthew Cannings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-cannings"
fi1m_id: "matthew-cannings"
tmdb_id: 1733492
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T18:41:06.908750+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."
---

# Matthew Cannings

## Identity

Matthew Cannings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-cannings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-cannings
- **TMDB ID:** 1733492
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1733492

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Toby Haynes](https://film.one/person/toby-haynes.md), [Christopher Barwell](https://film.one/person/christopher-barwell.md), [Dan Roberts](https://film.one/person/dan-roberts.md), [Hazel Baillie](https://film.one/person/hazel-baillie.md), [Mark Davis](https://film.one/person/mark-davis.md), [Mark Eckersley](https://film.one/person/mark-eckersley.md), [Otto Bathurst](https://film.one/person/otto-bathurst.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (4), 2020s 86 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1733492

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Peaky Blinders*](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with All the Gifts*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Matthew Cannings is a film and television editor. His credits include episodes of the series *Andor* (2022–2025) and *Black Mirror* (2011–2025), as well as the feature films *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016) and *The Last Right* (2019).

He has also edited *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), *The Agency* (2024) and episodes of *Peaky Blinders* (2013). Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant editor on series including *Doctor Who*, *Life on Mars* and *An Education* (2009). He has received nominations for RTS Craft & Design Awards and Emmy Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Agency* (2024), series, Editor
- *Andor* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *The Last Right* (2019), Editor
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/brexit-the-uncivil-war.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

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