---
name: "Nico Leunen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nico-leunen"
fi1m_id: "nico-leunen"
imdb_id: "nm0504895"
tmdb_id: 54260
wikidata_id: "Q15879783"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T04:30:05.477562+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."
---

# Nico Leunen

## Identity

Nico Leunen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nico-leunen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nico-leunen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504895
- **TMDB ID:** 54260
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15879783
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15879783, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54260

Editor. Born 1 January 1974 in Borgerhout.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1974, Borgerhout
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Dede Gardner](https://film.one/person/dede-gardner.md), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://film.one/person/jeremy-kleiner.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (1), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $32m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15879783, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54260

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Beautiful Boy*](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md) (68), [*H Is for Hawk*](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md) (64)
- **HBO Max:** [*I Know This Much Is True*](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md) (63)

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## Biography

Nico Leunen is a Belgian film editor. He graduated in 1998 with a master's degree in experimental film from the Sint Lukas school in Brussels and began editing feature films and documentaries shortly afterwards.

He has edited more than sixty feature films and documentaries. His credits include *The Misfortunates* (2009), *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), *Lost River* (2015), *Beautiful Boy* (2018), *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), *The Eight Mountains* (2022) and *H Is for Hawk* (2025). Leunen has collaborated repeatedly with director Felix van Groeningen and is married to director Fien Troch, with whom he has worked on several films.

In 2013 he received the Flemish Culture Award for Film. He became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2015 and joined the American Cinema Editors as its first Belgian member in 2021.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, nl.wikipedia.org, filmmakermagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *H Is for Hawk* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md)
- *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md)
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Josephine* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/josephine.md)
- *H Is for Hawk* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md)
- *Harvest* (2025), Editor
- *Maldoror* (2024), Editor
- *Holly* (2023), Editor
- *The Eight Mountains* (2022), Editor
- *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md)
- *Anbessa* (2019), Editor
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Angel* (2018), Editor
- *Skate Kitchen* (2018), Editor
- *Land* (2018), Editor
- *Home* (2016), Co-Writer, Editor
- *Belgica* (2016), Editor
- *Mediterranea* (2015), Editor
- *Lost River* (2015), Editor
- *Battles* (2015), Editor
- *August* (2014), Editor
- *N: The Madness Of Reason* (2014), Editor
- *Above Us All* (2014), Editor
- *White Shadow* (2013), Editor
- *Kid* (2012), Editor
- *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), Editor
- *The Invader* (2011), Editor
- *22nd of May* (2010), Editor
- *Altiplano* (2009), Editor
- *The Misfortunates* (2009), Editor
- *We Know* (2009), Editor
- *Afterday* (2009), Director
- *Nowhere Man* (2008), Editor
- *The Close* (2008), Editor
- *Left Bank* (2008), Editor
- *With Friends Like These* (2007), Editor
- *Khadak* (2006), Editor
- *Linda & Ali: Two Worlds Within Four Walls* (2006), Editor
- *Someone Else's Happiness* (2005), Editor
- *16 Horsepower Live* (2005), Editor
- *Long Weekend* (2005), Editor
- *Steve + Sky* (2004), Editor
- *Goldfish Game* (2002), Editor
- *Maria* (2001), Editor
- *Everybody's Famous!* (2000), Editor
- *Blinker* (1999), Editor

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