---
name: "Paul Tothill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-tothill"
fi1m_id: "paul-tothill"
imdb_id: "nm0869375"
tmdb_id: 36590
wikidata_id: "Q95782511"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T14:01:28.326869+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 Tothill

## Identity

Paul Tothill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-tothill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-tothill
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869375
- **TMDB ID:** 36590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95782511
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95782511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869375/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36590

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Joe Wright](https://film.one/person/joe-wright.md), [Paul Webster](https://film.one/person/paul-webster.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (4), 2010s 38 (1), 2020s 40 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 56 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $385m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95782511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869375/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36590

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Charles II: The Power and The Passion*](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) (77)
- **AMC+:** [*Blithe Spirit*](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md) (40)
- **HBO Max:** [*Pan*](https://film.one/film/pan.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Paul Tothill is a film editor. His credits include *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), *Atonement* (2007), *The Soloist* (2009), *Hanna* (2011), *Pan* (2015), *The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society* (2018) and *Lou* (2022).

He has also edited *Gambit* (2012), *In Secret* (2014), *Good People* (2014), *Blithe Spirit* (2020), *A Call to Spy* (2020), *The Bay of Silence* (2020), *The Great Escaper* (2023) and *Freud's Last Session* (2023). Tothill is a member of the American Cinema Editors and has received multiple BAFTA nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Fi1m 40, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Pan* (2015), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *The Long Firm* (2004), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-firm.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Freud's Last Session* (2023), Editor
- *The Great Escaper* (2023), Editor
- *Lou* (2022), Editor
- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *A Call to Spy* (2020), Editor
- *The Bay of Silence* (2020), Editor
- *The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society* (2018), Editor
- *Pan* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Good People* (2014), Editor
- *In Secret* (2014), Editor
- *Gambit* (2012), Editor
- *Hanna* (2011), Editor
- *The Soloist* (2009), Editor
- *Atonement* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Sixty Six* (2006), Editor
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *The Long Firm* (2004), series, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-firm.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Boudica* (2003), Editor
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (2002), Editor
- *Murder* (2002), series, Editor
- *Gormenghast* (2000), series, Editor
- *A Room for Romeo Brass* (1999), Editor
- *The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling* (1997), series, Editor
- *Sleepers* (1991), series, Editor
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, Editor

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