---
name: "Nicolas Gaster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicolas-gaster"
fi1m_id: "nicolas-gaster"
imdb_id: "nm0309423"
tmdb_id: 75079
wikidata_id: "Q56102748"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "23 May 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:48:40.339162+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."
---

# Nicolas Gaster

## Identity

Nicolas Gaster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicolas-gaster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicolas-gaster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0309423
- **TMDB ID:** 75079
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56102748
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56102748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75079

Editor. Born 23 May 1946 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 23 May 1946, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Nicolas Jack Gaster, Nick Gaster, Nic Gaster
- **Frequently works with:** [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Romance 2, History 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $14m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56102748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75079

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Moon*](https://film.one/film/moon.md) (83), [*Coriolanus*](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*The Great*](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Invisible Woman*](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Nicolas Gaster is a British film editor. Born on 23 May 1946 in Hampstead, London, he began working in the film industry in the mid-1970s, initially in sound editing before moving into picture editing.

He has edited numerous feature films and television productions. His credits include *Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* (1990), *MirrorMask* (2005), *Moon* (2009), *Welcome to the Rileys* (2010), *Coriolanus* (2011), *A Little Chaos* (2014), *The Exception* (2016) and an episode of *The Great* (2020). He has also served as second unit director on several projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *The Invisible Woman* (2013), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md)
- *Coriolanus* (2011), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *Moon* (2009), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/moon.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Catching Dust* (2024), Editor
- *Hamlet* (2024), Editor
- *Truth Serum* (2022), Editor
- *Chasing Wonders* (2021), Editor
- *The Great* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Willow* (2019), Editor
- *The Birdcatcher* (2019), Editor
- *The Happy Prince* (2018), Editor
- *The Exception* (2017), Second Unit Director, Editor
- *The Liberation of Skopje* (2016), Editor
- *A Little Chaos* (2015), Second Unit Director, Editor
- *The Invisible Woman* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md)
- *Hyde Park on Hudson* (2012), Editor
- *The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears* (2012), Editor
- *Coriolanus* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *Welcome to the Rileys* (2010), Editor
- *Moon* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/moon.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Ex Memoria* (2006), Editor
- *Brothers of the Head* (2006), Editor
- *Opal Dream* (2006), Editor
- *The Forbidden Chapter* (2006), Editor
- *Love + Hate* (2005), Editor
- *MirrorMask* (2005), Editor
- *Enduring Love* (2004), Editor
- *Six Shooter* (2004), Editor
- *The Mother* (2003), Editor
- *The Tragedy of Hamlet* (2002), as Priest · Editor
- *Dust* (2001), Editor
- *Journey to the Sun* (1999), Editor
- *The Ogre* (1996), Editor
- *All Men Are Mortal* (1995), Editor
- *Before the Rain* (1994), Editor, Second Unit
- *Is That All There Is?* (1992), Editor
- *Just Like a Woman* (1992), Editor
- *Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* (1991), Editor
- *The Mahabharata* (1990), series, Editor
- *The Mahabharata* (1990), Editor
- *A World Apart* (1988), Editor
- *The Whales of August* (1987), Editor
- *Riders to the Sea* (1987), Editor
- *Heavenly Pursuits* (1986), Sound Editor
- *Death Wish 3* (1985), Sound Editor
- *Slayground* (1984), Editor
- *Xtro* (1982), Editor
- *Babylon* (1980), ADR Editor
- *The Odd Job* (1978), Sound Editor
- *The Glitterball* (1977), Editor

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