---
name: "Rick Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rick-russell"
fi1m_id: "rick-russell"
imdb_id: "nm1534662"
tmdb_id: 1288389
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:33:50.779501+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."
---

# Rick Russell

## Identity

Rick Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rick-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rick-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1534662
- **TMDB ID:** 1288389
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288389

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288389

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Rick Russell is a British film and television editor. He graduated in drama from Hull University and worked in theatre before taking a filmmaking course. He began his editing career as an assistant at The Film Editors in London in 1989 and founded the editing company Final Cut in 1995, later opening offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Russell has edited feature films including *44 Inch Chest* (2009), *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013) and *Tulip Fever* (2017). His television credits include episodes of *Tin Star*, *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022) and *Shardlake* (2024). He has also edited numerous commercials and won a Gold Lion at Cannes Lions for the Apple "Barbers" spot.

*Sources: shots.net, awards.shots.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Shardlake* (2024), series, Editor
- *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022), series, Editor
- *Tulip Fever* (2017), Editor
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *Boy* (2012), Editor
- *44 Inch Chest* (2009), Editor

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