---
name: "Robert Grigsby Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-grigsby-wilson"
fi1m_id: "robert-grigsby-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm1903456"
tmdb_id: 1285853
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "10 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T01:45:03.490992+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."
---

# Robert Grigsby Wilson

## Identity

Robert Grigsby Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-grigsby-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-grigsby-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1903456
- **TMDB ID:** 1285853
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1903456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285853

Editor. Born 10 January 1982 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 10 January 1982, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Music 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $23m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1903456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285853

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Forty-Year-Old Version*](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Robert Grigsby Wilson is an American film and television editor. He was born on 10 January 1982 in Concord, Massachusetts. He began his career in the editorial department on features including *Ain't Them Bodies Saints* (2013) and *Captain Fantastic* (2016), later working as assistant editor on *American Made* (2017) and *The Lighthouse* (2019).

Wilson edited *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), directed by Radha Blank, after meeting her at the 2017 Sundance Directors Lab. He has since edited *Fancy Dance* (2023) and *Trigger Warning* (2024), and served as additional editor on *Fair Play* (2023). His television credits include episodes of *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014) as assistant editor and later series such as *Fracture* (2021).

He is also credited as a producer on several projects, including *Fancy Dance* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmakermagazine.com, cinemontage.org, robgwilson.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fair Play* (2023), Fi1m 68, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fair-play.md)
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), Fi1m 63, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *This City Is a Battlefield* (2025), Editor
- *Fancy Dance* (2024), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Trigger Warning* (2024), Editor
- *Fair Play* (2023), Additional Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/fair-play.md)
- *Charli XCX: Alone Together* (2022), Editor
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Little Chief* (2020), Editor
- *Goldie* (2020), Editor
- *The Lighthouse* (2019), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lighthouse.md)
- *Lost Bayou* (2019), Editor
- *Balk* (2019), Editor
- *American Made* (2017), Assistant Editor
- *The Privates* (2017), Editor
- *Fits and Starts* (2017), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)
- *Dinner with Jeffrey* (2016), Editor
- *The American Side* (2016), Editor
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Dig* (2014), Editor
- *Ain't Them Bodies Saints* (2013), Additional Editor
- *Onion News Empire* (2013), Editorial Production Assistant
- *Cruel Summer* (2012), Editor
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), Assistant Editor

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