---
name: "Nicholas Monsour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-monsour"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-monsour"
imdb_id: "nm2538611"
tmdb_id: 1538796
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-30T21:35:11.057600+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."
---

# Nicholas Monsour

## Identity

Nicholas Monsour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-monsour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-monsour
- **IMDb ID:** nm2538611
- **TMDB ID:** 1538796
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2538611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538796

Editor. Born 12 September 1980 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 September 1980, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jordan Peele](https://film.one/person/jordan-peele.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (3), 2020s 69 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 71 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Horror 3, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $843m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2538611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538796

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Nope*](https://film.one/film/nope.md) (77), [*Cobra Kai*](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md) (70)
- **MUBI:** [*Nickel Boys*](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Key & Peele*](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Us*](https://film.one/film/us.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Next Goal Wins*](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Nicholas Monsour is an American film and television editor born on 12 September 1980 in Los Angeles, California. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has worked in non-profit media production and video editing.

Monsour has edited feature films including *Keanu* (2016), *Us* (2019), *Nope* (2022), *Next Goal Wins* (2023) and *Nickel Boys* (2024). His television credits include episodes of *Key & Peele*, *The Twilight Zone* (2019), *Cobra Kai* (2018) and *Colin in Black & White* (2021).

For his work on *Key & Peele*, Monsour received a 2016 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming, shared with Richard LaBrie, Neil Mahoney and Stevie Waichulis.

*Sources: imdb.com, thecontending.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Backrooms* (2026), Fi1m 64, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Nope* (2022), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *Us* (2019), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *Key & Peele* (2012), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Backrooms* (2026), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/backrooms.md)
- *FruitHead* (2025), Editor
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Nope* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *Last Looks* (2022), Editor
- *Colin in Black and White* (2021), series, Editor
- *There's Someone Inside Your House* (2021), Additional Editor
- *Candyman* (2021), Thanks
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, Editor
- *Us* (2019), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *Whiskey Cavalier* (2019), series, Editor
- *Action Point* (2018), Editor
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), series, Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *Comrade Detective* (2017), series, Editor
- *Brockmire* (2017), series, Editor
- *Jean-Claude Van Johnson* (2016), series, Editor
- *Keanu* (2016), Editor
- *Teachers* (2016), series, Editor
- *Embers* (2015), Thanks, Associate Producer
- *Witness* (2012), series, Editor, Assistant Editor
- *Key & Peele* (2012), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)
- *Oh My Soul* (2009), Director of Photography, Producer, Art Direction, Editor, Director, Writer
- *Yeti*, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Nicholas Monsour](https://film.one/media/person/10164/gallery-c521b65835c5.jpg) Nicholas Monsour — Image via TMDB
- ![Nicholas Monsour](https://film.one/media/person/10164/gallery-34be5bd79a0b.jpg) Nicholas Monsour — Image via TMDB

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