---
name: "Melody London"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melody-london"
fi1m_id: "melody-london"
imdb_id: "nm0518755"
tmdb_id: 6406
wikidata_id: "Q84801620"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:35:29.643172+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."
---

# Melody London

## Identity

Melody London

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melody-london
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melody-london
- **IMDb ID:** nm0518755
- **TMDB ID:** 6406
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84801620
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84801620, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6406

Editor. Born 1 January 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1954
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md), [John Lurie](https://film.one/person/john-lurie.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84801620, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6406

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Down by Law*](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md) (83), [*Stranger Than Paradise*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Melody London is a film editor. She began her career editing Jim Jarmusch’s *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), on which she also worked as sound editor. She subsequently edited Jarmusch’s *Down by Law* (1986) and *Mystery Train* (1989), as well as segments of *Coffee and Cigarettes* (1987 and 2004).

London has edited numerous other feature films, including *New York, I Love You* (2008), *Novocaine* (2001), *Exposed* (2016), *Risk* (2017) and *Generation Um...* (2012). Her documentary credits include *Heart of a Dog* (2015) and work with Laura Poitras. She holds an MFA from New York University and has taught film editing at NYU, CalArts and other institutions.

*Sources: imdb.com, womenfilmeditors.princeton.edu, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Down by Law* (1986), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)
- *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), Fi1m 82, Editor, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *One More Time* (2026), Co-Producer, Editor
- *After All* (2025), Editor
- *Wish You Were Here* (2025), Editor
- *My Name Is Andrea* (2022), Editor
- *Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own* (2019), Editor
- *Risk* (2017), Editor
- *Exposed* (2016), Editor
- *The Wannabe* (2015), Editor
- *Sister Jaguar's Journey* (2015), Co-Editor
- *Heart of a Dog* (2015), Editor
- *Night Has Settled* (2014), Editor
- *In God We Trust* (2013), Editor
- *Couples Therapy* (2013), Editor
- *Generation Um...* (2012), Editor
- *Apache 8* (2011), Writer, Editor
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Editor
- *Preaching to the Choir* (2005), Editor
- *Coffee and Cigarettes* (2004), Editor
- *Novocaine* (2001), Editor
- *Joe the King* (1999), Editor
- *Love from Ground Zero* (1998), Editor
- *Visiting Desire* (1996), Editor
- *Angela* (1996), Editor
- *Two Small Bodies* (1993), Editor
- *White Homeland Commando* (1993), Editor, Special Effects
- *Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos* (1991), Editor
- *Bright Angel* (1990), Editor
- *Mystery Train* (1989), Editor
- *Coffee and Cigarettes II* (1989), Editor
- *Rocket Gibraltar* (1988), Editor
- *Coffee and Cigarettes* (1987), Editor
- *Down by Law* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)
- *Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson* (1986), Script Supervisor
- *The Real Thing* (1985), Editor
- *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), Editor, Sound Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md)
- *Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War* (1983), Editor

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