---
name: "Paul Machliss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-machliss"
fi1m_id: "paul-machliss"
imdb_id: "nm0532651"
tmdb_id: 969705
wikidata_id: "Q22278959"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-24T04:18:42.595917+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 Machliss

## Identity

Paul Machliss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-machliss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-machliss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0532651
- **TMDB ID:** 969705
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22278959
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Machliss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22278959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532651/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/969705

Editor. Born 1 January 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 acting, 7 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Edgar Wright](https://film.one/person/edgar-wright.md), [Nira Park](https://film.one/person/nira-park.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Jonathan Amos](https://film.one/person/jonathan-amos.md), [Michael Bacall](https://film.one/person/michael-bacall.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 62 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Comedy 3, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $774m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Machliss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22278959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532651/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/969705

## Coming up

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027-06-10), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Baby Driver*](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md) (79), [*The Running Man*](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md) (60)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Black Books*](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sheep Detectives*](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md) (76)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Flash*](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Paul Machliss is an Australian film and television editor. Born in Melbourne in 1972, he trained at Brighton Secondary College and began his career in Australian television before moving to the UK, where he worked on series including *Spaced*, *Black Books* and *The IT Crowd*.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director Edgar Wright, editing *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), *The World's End* (2013), *Baby Driver* (2017) — for which he shared a BAFTA Award for Best Editing — *Last Night in Soho* (2021) and *The Running Man* (2025). Other credits include *The Gentlemen* (2020), *The Flash* (2023) and *The Kid Who Would Be King* (2019). In 2023 he received an honorary doctorate of arts from Solent University.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (1)

- *Look Around You* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Dougal McYorque — [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)

### Crew (7) — the average rests on these

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *The Running Man* (2025), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md)
- *The Flash* (2023), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027), Editor
- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *The Running Man* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md)
- *Making The Flash: Worlds Collide* (2023), Thanks
- *The Flash* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *The Gentlemen* (2020), Editor
- *The Kid Who Would Be King* (2019), Editor
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Fungus the Bogeyman* (2015), series, Editor
- *Man Up* (2015), Editor
- *The World's End* (2013), Editor
- *Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah* (2011), Director
- *Aim Low: The Best of Dylan Moran* (2010), Editor
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Rabbit Fever* (2006), Editor
- *Look Around You* (2002), series, as Dougal McYorque — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *The Collaboration*, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Baby Driver*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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