---
name: "Peter Coulson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-coulson"
fi1m_id: "peter-coulson"
imdb_id: "nm0183486"
tmdb_id: 1014524
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "27 January 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:26:24.255461+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."
---

# Peter Coulson

## Identity

Peter Coulson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-coulson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-coulson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0183486
- **TMDB ID:** 1014524
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1014524

Editor. Born 27 January 1942 in Somerset, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 27 January 1942, Somerset, England, UK
- **Active:** 1995–2002
- **Frequently works with:** [Charles Sturridge](https://film.one/person/charles-sturridge.md), [Selwyn Roberts](https://film.one/person/selwyn-roberts.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1014524

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Pride and Prejudice*](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*Gulliver's Travels*](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Peter Coulson was a British film and television editor. Born in Somerset in 1942, he joined the BBC in 1964 and trained at its Ealing Studios. He went freelance in 1976 as a cameraman and editor, later founding his own production company, Lodestar.

Coulson edited numerous BBC dramas, including *Cider with Rosie* (1971) and four *Plays for Today*. He is best known for his work on the 1995 miniseries *Pride and Prejudice*, as well as *Gulliver's Travels* (1996), *Longitude* (2000) and *Shackleton* (2002). He collaborated on nine projects with director Charles Sturridge; three of these earned him BAFTA nominations for best editing. He also received Emmy nominations.

Coulson died in 2024.

*Sources: imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gulliver's Travels* (1996), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md)
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1995), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Lassie* (2005), Editor
- *The Dwarfs* (2002), Editor
- *Ohio Impromptu* (2002), Editor
- *Shackleton* (2002), series, Editor
- *Longitude* (2000), Editor
- *Longitude* (2000), series, Editor
- *The Bass Player* (1999), Editor
- *Cleopatra* (1999), series, Editor
- *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997), Editor
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1996), series, Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md)
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1995), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice.md)
- *Where Angels Fear to Tread* (1991), Editor
- *Living with Dinosaurs* (1990), Editor
- *Paper Mask* (1990), Editor
- *Back Home* (1989), Editor
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), Editor
- *Hidden City* (1987), Editor
- *Runners* (1983), Editor
- *Very Like a Whale* (1981), Editor
- *Sweet William* (1980), Editor
- *Speech Day* (1973), Editor
- *Cider with Rosie* (1971), Editor
- *Edna: The Inebriate Woman* (1971), Editor
- *Traitor* (1971), Editor

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