---
name: "O. Nicholas Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/o-nicholas-brown"
fi1m_id: "o-nicholas-brown"
imdb_id: "nm0114363"
tmdb_id: 16593
wikidata_id: "Q1293442"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 June 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T23:14:33.969521+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."
---

# O. Nicholas Brown

## Identity

O. Nicholas Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/o-nicholas-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** o-nicholas-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm0114363
- **TMDB ID:** 16593
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1293442
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16593

Editor. Born 19 June 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 June 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1973–1999
- **Also known as:** Nick Brown, Nicholas Brown
- **Frequently works with:** [Ron Underwood](https://film.one/person/ron-underwood.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 39 (1), 1990s 76 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Family 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $624m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16593

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City Slickers*](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md) (76), [*Rambo III*](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md) (39)
- **Peacock:** [*Tremors*](https://film.one/film/tremors.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*10 Things I Hate About You*](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md) (80)

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## Biography

O. Nicholas Brown is an American film editor. Born in Los Angeles on 19 June 1939, he began his career as an assistant editor on television series in the mid-1960s. His first solo feature credit was *The Other* (1972).

Brown edited numerous films over nearly three decades, including *Sleeper* (1973), *Rambo III* (1988), *Tremors* (1990), *City Slickers* (1991), *Free Willy* (1993) and *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999). His final credit as editor was the latter film.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, biographies.net.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)
- *Free Willy* (1993), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Tremors* (1990), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Fi1m 39, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)
- *Major League: Back to the Minors* (1998), Editor
- *Wild America* (1997), Editor
- *The Phantom* (1996), Editor
- *Operation Dumbo Drop* (1995), Editor
- *In the Army Now* (1994), Editor
- *Lightning Jack* (1994), Dialogue Editor
- *Heart and Souls* (1993), Editor
- *Free Willy* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Sleepwalkers* (1992), as Officer Wilbur · Editor
- *City Slickers* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Marked for Death* (1990), Editor
- *Tremors* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *Project X* (1987), Editor
- *The Man with One Red Shoe* (1985), Editor
- *Mischief* (1985), Editor
- *11th Victim* (1984), Editor
- *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), Editor
- *Trouble in High Timber Country* (1980), Editor
- *Valentine Magic on Love Island* (1980), Editor
- *Christmas Lilies of the Field* (1979), Editor
- *March or Die* (1977), Editor
- *Danger in Paradise* (1977), Editor
- *Mr. Billion* (1977), Editor
- *Shadow of the Hawk* (1976), Editor
- *Griffin and Phoenix* (1976), Editor
- *White Line Fever* (1975), Editor
- *The Nickel Ride* (1975), Editor
- *California Split* (1974), Editor
- *Where the Lilies Bloom* (1974), Editor
- *Sleeper* (1973), Editor
- *The Other* (1972), Editor
- *Cannon for Cordoba* (1970), Assistant Editor

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