---
name: "Nick Fenton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-fenton"
fi1m_id: "nick-fenton"
imdb_id: "nm1067898"
tmdb_id: 967482
wikidata_id: "Q64681734"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-01T21:15:09.148441+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 Fenton

## Identity

Nick Fenton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-fenton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-fenton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1067898
- **TMDB ID:** 967482
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64681734
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64681734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1067898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/967482

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Clio Barnard](https://film.one/person/clio-barnard.md), [Richard Ayoade](https://film.one/person/richard-ayoade.md), [Tracy O'Riordan](https://film.one/person/tracy-oriordan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 80 (4), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Documentary 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64681734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1067898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/967482

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Arbor*](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md) (83), [*Submarine*](https://film.one/film/submarine.md) (82)
- **AMC+:** [*The Selfish Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*The Order*](https://film.one/film/the-order.md) (75)
- **Netflix:** [*On Chesil Beach*](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Nick Fenton is a film editor whose credits include *The Order* (2024), *Nitram* (2021), *Escape from Pretoria* (2020), *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), *American Animals* (2018), *A Private War* (2018), *The Double* (2014) and *Submarine* (2011).

He has worked repeatedly with director Justin Kurzel. Fenton relocated to Victoria, Australia, in 2019. Earlier credits encompass features directed by Richard Ayoade, Clio Barnard and Dominic Cooke, as well as documentary and television work.

His awards include a BAFTA for factual editing on *The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off* and a BIFA for *American Animals*. For *Nitram* he received AACTA and Australian Screen Editors awards; he later won a second ASE award for *The Order*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nickfenton.org, cameronsmanagement.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Leviticus* (2026), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/leviticus.md)
- *The Order* (2024), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *Submarine* (2011), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/submarine.md)
- *The Arbor* (2010), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md)
- *Nathan Barley* (2005), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Leviticus* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/leviticus.md)
- *Ellis Park* (2025), Editor
- *The Order* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *We Dare to Dream* (2023), Editor
- *Nitram* (2021), Editor
- *Escape from Pretoria* (2020), Editor
- *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), Editor
- *A Private War* (2018), Editor
- *American Animals* (2018), Editor
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Dark River* (2017), Editor
- *Una* (2017), Editor
- *Life* (2015), Editor
- *Björk: Biophilia Live* (2014), Director, Editor
- *The Double* (2014), Editor
- *Salting the Battlefield* (2014), Editor
- *Turks & Caicos* (2014), Editor
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *Austenland* (2013), Editor
- *A Gun for George* (2011), Editor
- *Submarine* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/submarine.md)
- *Bad Night for the Blues* (2010), Editor
- *The Arbor* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md)
- *So Many Ways to Hurt You* (2010), Editor
- *All Tomorrow's Parties* (2009), Editor
- *Arctic Monkeys: At the Apollo* (2008), Editor
- *Heima* (2007), Editor
- *The Sickie* (2006), Editor
- *Nathan Barley* (2005), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)
- *The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off* (2004), Editor
- *One for the Road* (2003), Editor
- *Talking with Angels* (2003), Editor
- *The Battle of Orgreave* (2002), Editor
- *Mavis and the Mermaid* (2000), Editor
- *Doom and Gloom* (1997), Editor
- *Tales from a Hard City* (1995), Assistant Editor

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