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name: "Paul Knight"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-knight"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 May 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
updated: "2026-09-17T02:23:24.614918+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."
---

# Paul Knight

Editor. Born 17 May 1973 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 May 1973, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1995–2013
- **Works often with:** Colm McCarthy

## Biography

Paul Knight is a British film and television editor. Born in London in 1973, he began his career in post-production after leaving school at 16, working as a runner before advancing to assistant editor roles on features such as *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995) and *The Beach* (2000).

He has edited episodes of the BBC series *Spooks* (2002) and later seasons of *Peaky Blinders* (2019–2022), as well as feature films including *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008) and *In Darkness* (2018). Knight has also contributed sound design to *Peaky Blinders* and received BAFTA recognition for his editing work.

*Sources: imdb.com, youtube.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *The Beach* (2000), Fi1m 55, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Spooks* (2002), Editor

## Also known for

- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), Editor
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Editor
- *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Editor
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), First Assistant Editor
- *In Darkness* (2018), Editor
- *Heartless* (2010), Editor
- *The First Grader* (2010), Editor
- *Christopher and His Kind* (2011), Editor

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