---
name: "Michael Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-ellis"
fi1m_id: "michael-ellis"
imdb_id: "nm0003920"
tmdb_id: 28841
wikidata_id: "Q113509678"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "30 September 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T18:52:46.959713+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."
---

# Michael Ellis

## Identity

Michael Ellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-ellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-ellis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003920
- **TMDB ID:** 28841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113509678
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113509678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28841

Editor. Born 30 September 1943 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 30 September 1943, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1976–1996
- **Also known as:** Mike Ellis	
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 66 (2), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $100m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113509678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28841

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Housekeeping*](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Michael Ellis is a British film editor. Born on 30 September 1943 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, he began his career in the late 1960s and 1970s as an assistant editor and sound editor on films including *If....* (1968) and *The Go-Between* (1971).

He is credited as editor on *Superman* (1978), *Cross of Iron* (1977), *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), *Brassed Off* (1996), *Little Voice* (1998) and *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas* (2008). Ellis has frequently collaborated with director Mark Herman and has also worked on television productions such as *The Odyssey* (1997).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Brassed Off* (1996), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/brassed-off.md)
- *Housekeeping* (1987), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md)
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Fi1m 82, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Meeting Gorbachev* (2019), Editor
- *Walk Like a Panther* (2018), Editor
- *Dough* (2015), Editor
- *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas* (2008), Editor
- *The Last Drop* (2006), Editor
- *Five Children and It* (2004), Editor
- *Suzie Gold* (2004), Editor
- *Hope Springs* (2003), Editor
- *Me Without You* (2001), Editor
- *Purely Belter* (2000), Editor
- *Hotel Splendide* (2000), Editor
- *Little Voice* (1998), Editor
- *The Odyssey* (1997), series, Editor
- *Samson and Delilah* (1996), series, Editor
- *Brassed Off* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/brassed-off.md)
- *Blue Juice* (1995), Editor
- *Being Human* (1994), Editor
- *Blame It on the Bellboy* (1992), Editor
- *The Bridge* (1992), Editor
- *Impromptu* (1991), Editor
- *Breaking In* (1989), Editor
- *Housekeeping* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md)
- *The Bride* (1985), Editor
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Comfort and Joy* (1984), Editor
- *Britannia Hospital* (1982), Editor
- *Wolcott* (1981), series, Editor
- *The Godsend* (1980), Editor
- *Death Watch* (1980), Editor
- *Superman* (1978), Editor
- *Cross of Iron* (1977), Editor
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Sound Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- *The Romantic Englishwoman* (1975), Assistant Editor
- *The Passenger* (1975), Sound Designer
- *Got It Made* (1974), Sound Editor
- *Straw Dogs* (1971), Dialogue Editor

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