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name: "Mikkel E.G. Nielsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mikkel-e-g-nielsen"
fi1m_id: "mikkel-e-g-nielsen"
imdb_id: "nm1182055"
tmdb_id: 64954
wikidata_id: "Q38402819"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "29 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T04:22:36.862214+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."
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# Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

## Identity

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mikkel-e-g-nielsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mikkel-e-g-nielsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1182055
- **TMDB ID:** 64954
- **Wikidata ID:** Q38402819
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkel_E._G._Nielsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38402819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1182055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64954

Editor. Born 29 July 1973 in Aarhus, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 29 July 1973, Aarhus, Danmark
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Graham Broadbent](https://film.one/person/graham-broadbent.md), [Martin McDonagh](https://film.one/person/martin-mcdonagh.md), [Peter Czernin](https://film.one/person/peter-czernin.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (2), 2020s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 2, War 2, Comedy 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $97m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkel_E._G._Nielsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38402819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1182055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64954

## Coming up

- *Wild Horse Nine* (2026-11-04), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-horse-nine.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Metal*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md) (84), [*A Royal Affair*](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*Beasts of No Nation*](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*Lee*](https://film.one/film/lee.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Mikkel E. G. Nielsen is a Danish film editor. He was born on 19 July 1973 in Aarhus and graduated as an editor from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001.

Nielsen has edited numerous Danish and international features. His credits include *A Royal Affair* (2012), *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), *Sound of Metal* (2020), *Land* (2021), *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022) and *Lee* (2024).

For *Sound of Metal* he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 2021, becoming the first Danish editor to receive the honour, and also won a BAFTA. He received a further Oscar nomination for *The Banshees of Inisherin*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md)
- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Wild Horse Nine* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-horse-nine.md)
- *The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut* (2026), Editor
- *Hamlet* (2026), Editor
- *Lee* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *My Sister Lola* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Land* (2021), Editor
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *The Outsider* (2018), Editor
- *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md)
- *Madame Bovary* (2015), Editor
- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)
- *Rainbow Monkeys* (2011), Editor
- *The Island* (2011), Editor
- *Juan* (2011), Editor
- *Truth About Men* (2010), Editor
- *Therapy* (2010), Editor
- *Above the Street, Below the Water* (2009), Editor
- *D.A.D.: True Believer* (2008), Producer
- *Journey to Saturn* (2008), Editor
- *Island of Lost Souls* (2007), Editor
- *Princess* (2006), Editor
- *Gitmo* (2005), Editor
- *Dear Wendy* (2005), Editor
- *Wulffmorgenthaler* (2005), series, Editor
- *King's Game* (2004), Editor
- *See the Light of Day* (2003), Editor
- *Reconstruction* (2003), Editor
- *The Boy Below* (2003), Editor
- *Nikolaj and Julie* (2002), series, Editor
- *Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II* (2002), Editor
- *Catch That Girl* (2002), Editor
- *Anja & Viktor* (2001), Editor
- *Notes on Silence* (2001), Editor
- *Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety* (2001), Editor
- *Unit One* (2000), series, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Banshees of Inisherin*
- 2021: Best Film Editing (won), for *Sound of Metal*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Editing (nominated), for *The Banshees of Inisherin*
- 2021: Best Editing (won), for *Sound of Metal*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Robert Award for Best Editing 2005: Robert Award for Best Editing (won), for *King's Game*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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