---
name: "Robert K. Lambert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-k-lambert"
fi1m_id: "robert-k-lambert"
imdb_id: "nm0483290"
tmdb_id: 17886
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T02:16:35.220047+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 K. Lambert

## Identity

Robert K. Lambert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-k-lambert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-k-lambert
- **IMDb ID:** nm0483290
- **TMDB ID:** 17886
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17886

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1977–2001
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1990s 71 (2), 2000s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 63 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $602m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17886

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Rush Hour 2*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Robert K. Lambert is a film editor and producer. He has edited numerous feature films, including *Three Kings* (1999), *The Final Countdown* (1980), *Red Planet* (2000), *I ♥ Huckabees* (2004) and *House of 1000 Corpses* (2003). He has also worked in additional editing, second unit direction and post-production supervision roles.

Lambert began his career as an assistant film editor for a commercial and animation company. He later worked as an editor for David L. Wolper Productions. His credits include early documentary and feature work from the 1970s onwards, such as *Sorcerer* (1977) and *Wattstax* (1973).

He received an Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors for *Life Goes to the Movies* (1977) and several Emmy and Eddie Award nominations for editing on television projects and the feature *Three Kings*.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Three Kings* (1999), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-kings.md)
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, Music Editor, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *The Good Neighbor* (2022), Editor
- *Walking with Herb* (2021), Editor
- *The Devil Has a Name* (2019), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Accidental Love* (2015), Editor
- *Son of Morning* (2011), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Area 57* (2007), Editor
- *The Nativity Story* (2006), Editor
- *Pulse* (2006), Editor
- *Ask the Dust* (2006), Editor
- *I ♥ Huckabees* (2004), as Daryl · Editor
- *Suspect Zero* (2004), Editor
- *House of 1000 Corpses* (2003), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Bulletproof Monk* (2003), Editor
- *Bad Company* (2002), Editor
- *Rollerball* (2002), Editor
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Red Planet* (2000), Editor
- *Three Kings* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-kings.md)
- *Without Limits* (1998), Editor
- *The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue* (1996), Editor
- *Ed* (1996), Editor
- *Blue Sky* (1994), Editor, Second Unit Director
- *Blue Chips* (1994), Editor
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *In the Arms of a Killer* (1992), Editor
- *Women and Men: Stories of Seduction* (1990), Editor
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1990), series, Editor
- *Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun* (1988), Editor
- *Critical Condition* (1987), Editor
- *Heavenly Bodies* (1984), Editorial Consultant, Editor
- *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984), Editor
- *Cowboy* (1983), Editor
- *The Border* (1982), Editor
- *The Final Countdown* (1980), Editor, Second Unit Director
- *Portrait of a Hitman* (1979), Supervising Editor
- *The Secret Life of Plants* (1978), Editor
- *The Brink's Job* (1978), Editor
- *The Driver* (1978), Editor
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *The Mysterious Monsters* (1976), Editor
- *I Will Fight No More Forever* (1975), Editor
- *Wattstax* (1973), Editor
- *Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo* (1970), Editor
- *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969), Assistant Editor

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