---
name: "Nick Emerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-emerson"
fi1m_id: "nick-emerson"
imdb_id: "nm2512313"
tmdb_id: 1155165
wikidata_id: "Q61959898"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-02T23:48:47.791773+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."
---

# Nick Emerson

## Identity

Nick Emerson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-emerson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-emerson
- **IMDb ID:** nm2512313
- **TMDB ID:** 1155165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61959898
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Emerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61959898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2512313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1155165

Editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Nicholas Emerson
- **Frequently works with:** [William Oldroyd](https://film.one/person/william-oldroyd.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (4), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $126m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Emerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61959898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2512313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1155165

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lady Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md) (80), [*Good Vibrations*](https://film.one/film/good-vibrations.md) (77)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Starred Up*](https://film.one/film/starred-up.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Nick Emerson is a Northern Irish film editor. He began his career in television news in Northern Ireland, working for the BBC and others around the time of the Good Friday Agreement, before moving into documentaries and then feature films.

Emerson edited *Conclave* (2024), for which he received an Academy Award nomination and won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. His other credits include *Eileen* (2023), *Emma.* (2020), *Lady Macbeth* (2016), *Starred Up* (2014) and *I Am Not a Serial Killer* (2016), for which he won an IFTA Award.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Conclave* (2024), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *Eileen* (2023), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md)
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md)
- *Starred Up* (2014), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/starred-up.md)
- *Good Vibrations* (2012), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/good-vibrations.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Whistle* (2026), Editor
- *Ballad of a Small Player* (2025), Editor
- *Conclave* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *Eileen* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md)
- *Life After Life* (2022), series, Editor
- *Here Before* (2022), Editor
- *National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet* (2021), Editor
- *Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace* (2020), Editor
- *Emma.* (2020), Editor
- *Ordinary Love* (2019), Editor
- *Greta* (2019), Editor
- *Pin Cushion* (2018), Editor
- *An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn* (2018), Editor
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang* (2017), Editor
- *Daphne* (2017), Editor
- *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md)
- *I Am Not a Serial Killer* (2016), Editor
- *The Hallow* (2015), Editor
- *Starred Up* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/starred-up.md)
- *Good Vibrations* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/good-vibrations.md)
- *Whole Lotta Sole* (2011), Editor
- *Behold The Lamb* (2011), Editor
- *Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend* (2011), Editor
- *Cherrybomb* (2009), Editor
- *Red Rum* (2000), Editor
- *The Riders*, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Conclave*

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

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