---
name: "Richard Mettler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-mettler"
fi1m_id: "richard-mettler"
imdb_id: "nm4753375"
tmdb_id: 1508491
roles: ["Editor"]
died: "1 June 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:37:58.513552+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."
---

# Richard Mettler

## Identity

Richard Mettler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-mettler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-mettler
- **IMDb ID:** nm4753375
- **TMDB ID:** 1508491
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4753375/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1508491

Editor. Born in France. Died 1 June 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Died:** 1 June 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4753375/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1508491

## Biography

Richard Mettler (1970–2026) was a French-born American film editor. He began his career editing music videos and commercials before moving into feature films.

Mettler edited *Metro Manila* (2013), directed by Sean Ellis, which won the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award and marked the start of a recurring collaboration with the director. His other credits include *Anthropoid* (2016), for which he received a Czech Lion Award nomination for best editing, *The Secrets We Keep* (2020), *The Cursed* (2021), *I.S.S.* (2023) and *Desert Warrior* (2025), on which he also served as splinter unit director and associate producer.

Mettler died of cancer in New York City on 1 June 2026.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Metro Manila* (2013), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/metro-manila.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Desert Warrior* (2026), Editor, Associate Producer
- *I.S.S.* (2024), Editor
- *The Cursed* (2021), Editor
- *The Secrets We Keep* (2020), Editor
- *Jacob's Ladder* (2019), Editor
- *Anthropoid* (2016), Editor
- *Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide* (2016), Editor
- *Brace* (2015), Editor
- *Metro Manila* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/metro-manila.md)

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