---
name: "Niven Howie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/niven-howie"
fi1m_id: "niven-howie"
imdb_id: "nm0398167"
tmdb_id: 971
wikidata_id: "Q1436983"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:21:09.216108+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."
---

# Niven Howie

## Identity

Niven Howie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/niven-howie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** niven-howie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398167
- **TMDB ID:** 971
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1436983
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/971

Editor. Born 1 January 1964 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, London
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/971

## Biography

Niven Howie is a British film editor. Born in London in 1964, he began his career editing high-end commercials and music videos in the city, completing more than 400 projects. He collaborated with director Julien Temple on the feature film *Bullet* (1996) and documentaries including *The Filth and the Fury* (2000), *Glastonbury* (2006) and *Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten* (2007).

Howie edited Guy Ritchie's *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), which earned him a BAFTA nomination. He has since worked on films including *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), several *Resident Evil* entries (2007–2012), *Death Race* (2008) and *Step Up All In* (2014). He is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Howie received further nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002 for Paul McCartney's *Back in the US* and a BAFTA Cymru award in 2019 for *His Dark Materials*. He has also edited episodes of the Netflix series *Shadow and Bone*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, independentartistgroup.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *In the Lost Lands* (2025), Editor
- *Red Bird Lane* (2021), Editor
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, Editor
- *Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal* (2019), Editor
- *Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance* (2018), Editor
- *The Hurricane Heist* (2018), Editor
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, Editor
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, Editor
- *Falling Water* (2016), series, Editor
- *Step Up All In* (2014), Editor
- *Resident Evil: Retribution* (2012), Editor
- *The Raven* (2012), Editor
- *Resident Evil: Afterlife* (2010), Editor
- *After.Life* (2009), Editor
- *Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li* (2009), Editor
- *Death Race* (2008), Editor
- *Resident Evil: Extinction* (2007), Editor
- *Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten* (2007), Editor
- *Goal II: Living the Dream* (2007), Editor
- *Glastonbury* (2006), Editor
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), Editor
- *Godsend* (2004), Editor
- *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), Editor
- *Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.* (2002), Editor
- *Doctor Sleep* (2002), Editor
- *The Hole* (2001), Editor
- *Complicity* (2000), Editor
- *The Filth and the Fury* (2000), Editor
- *Tube Tales* (1999), Editor
- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)
- *The Divine Comedy: A Short Film About A Short Album About Love* (1997), Editor
- *Bullet* (1996), Editor
- *Sade: Live* (1994), Editor
- *Lenny Kravitz - Alive from Planet Earth* (1994), Editor
- *Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales* (1993), Editor
- *God on the Rocks* (1992), Editor
- *Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter* (1990), Editor

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