---
name: "Nigel Galt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nigel-galt"
fi1m_id: "nigel-galt"
imdb_id: "nm0303348"
tmdb_id: 5019
roles: ["Sound editor"]
born: "1 April 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T19:22:59.696628+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."
---

# Nigel Galt

## Identity

Nigel Galt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nigel-galt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nigel-galt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0303348
- **TMDB ID:** 5019
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5019

Sound editor. Born 1 April 1953 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Sound editor
- **Born:** 1 April 1953, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1975–1999
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 72 (1), 1980s 73 (2), 1990s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $411m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5019

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Wide Shut*](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md) (81)

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## Biography

Nigel Galt is a British film editor. Born in April 1953 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, he has worked in film and television post-production for more than five decades.

Galt first collaborated with Stanley Kubrick as a sound editor on *Full Metal Jacket* (1987). He served as the primary editor on Kubrick’s final film *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), joining the project before principal photography in 1996 and working closely with the director in the editing room for approximately 15 months until Kubrick’s death. He has stated that the released version represents Kubrick’s intended cut.

His other editing credits include *The Ferryman* (2007), *Bloodline* (2018) and *Peter Five Eight* (2024). Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant editor and in sound roles, including additional editing on *Underworld* (2003). He won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Sound (Fiction) for the series *Inspector Morse*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thefilmstage.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Fi1m 81, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Mixer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Fi1m 78, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Full Metal Jacket* (1987), Fi1m 81, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/full-metal-jacket.md)
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, Dialogue Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Fi1m 72, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Peter Five Eight* (2024), Editor
- *Bloodline* (2019), Editor
- *Little Favour* (2013), Editor
- *7lives* (2011), Editor
- *Article 12* (2010), Editor
- *The Ferryman* (2007), Editor
- *Flowers Don't Grow Here* (2006), Editor
- *Underworld* (2003), as Additional Editing
- *9 Dead Gay Guys* (2002), Sound Editor
- *Styx* (2001), Sound Editor
- *The Discovery of Heaven* (2001), Editor
- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Sound Mixer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)
- *The Passion of Darkly Noon* (1995), Sound Designer
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Sound Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Comics* (1993), series, Sound Editor
- *The Lion Child* (1993), Sound Editor
- *Whore* (1991), Sound Editor
- *Red King, White Knight* (1989), Sound Editor
- *The Rainbow* (1989), Sound Editor
- *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988), Sound Editor
- *Full Metal Jacket* (1987), Sound Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/full-metal-jacket.md)
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Dialogue Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *A Private Function* (1984), Sound Editor
- *Jaguar Lives!* (1979), Assistant Sound Editor
- *Silver Bears* (1977), Assistant Editor
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)

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