---
name: "Ralph Foster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralph-foster"
fi1m_id: "ralph-foster"
tmdb_id: 1559587
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T23:14:29.762224+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."
---

# Ralph Foster

## Identity

Ralph Foster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ralph-foster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ralph-foster
- **TMDB ID:** 1559587
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1559587

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2005–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Wes Anderson](https://film.one/person/wes-anderson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 71 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $346m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1559587

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Mr. Fox*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Isle of Dogs*](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Ralph Foster is a film editor specialising in animation and visual effects.

He edited Wes Anderson's stop-motion features *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009) and *Isle of Dogs* (2018). Earlier credits include first assistant editor on *Corpse Bride* (2005) and *Hannibal Rising* (2007), and additional editing on *The Boxtrolls* (2014). He has also worked as a visual effects editor on live-action films such as *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, rockall.f9.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md)
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Fi1m 64, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Fi1m 72, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019), Visual Effects Editor
- *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md)
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *The Eyes of the Lighthouse* (2010), Editor
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *Hannibal Rising* (2007), First Assistant Editor
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *Mindhunters* (2004), Visual Effects Editor

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