---
name: "Ronald Sanders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-sanders"
fi1m_id: "ronald-sanders"
imdb_id: "nm0761697"
tmdb_id: 310
wikidata_id: "Q2165739"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 June 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-09-18T08:21:43.874326+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."
---

# Ronald Sanders

## Identity

Ronald Sanders

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronald-sanders
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronald-sanders
- **IMDb ID:** nm0761697
- **TMDB ID:** 310
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2165739
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/310

Editor. Born 20 June 1945 in Rural Manitoba, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 June 1945, Rural Manitoba, Canada
- **Active:** 1983–2011
- **Also known as:** Ron Sanders
- **Frequently works with:** [David Cronenberg](https://film.one/person/david-cronenberg.md), [Viggo Mortensen](https://film.one/person/viggo-mortensen.md), [Jeremy Thomas](https://film.one/person/jeremy-thomas.md), [Leslie Carlson](https://film.one/person/leslie-carlson.md), [Vincent Cassel](https://film.one/person/vincent-cassel.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (4), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 84 (3), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 73 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 5, Drama 4, Horror 4, Crime 3, Science Fiction 3, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $428m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/310

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dead Ringers*](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md) (87), [*Eastern Promises*](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md) (79)
- **Apple TV:** [*A History of Violence*](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Coraline*](https://film.one/film/coraline.md) (85)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Dead Zone*](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Ronald Sanders is a Canadian film editor. He has edited the majority of David Cronenberg’s feature films since the late 1970s, including *Naked Lunch* (1991), *Crash* (1996), *eXistenZ* (1999), *A History of Violence* (2005) and *Eastern Promises* (2007). His other credits include *Videodrome* (1983), *The Fly* (1986), *Coraline* (2009) and *A Dangerous Method* (2011).

Sanders grew up in rural Manitoba, where his father worked as a projectionist. He graduated with a BA from the University of Manitoba in 1967 and began his career editing documentaries and working in sound editing before moving into picture editing on features in the mid-1970s. He has won four Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Editing, for *Dead Ringers* (1988), *Crash*, *eXistenZ* and *Eastern Promises*.

*Sources: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, ioncinema.com, news.umanitoba.ca, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Coraline* (2009), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *A History of Violence* (2005), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)
- *Crash* (1996), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Dead Ringers* (1988), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md)
- *The Fly* (1986), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)
- *The Dead Zone* (1983), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md)
- *Videodrome* (1983), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/videodrome.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Falling* (2020), Editor
- *The Grizzlies* (2019), Editor
- *Mean Dreams* (2016), Editor
- *Maps to the Stars* (2014), Editor
- *Cosmopolis* (2012), Editor
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Beat the World* (2011), Editor
- *The Bang Bang Club* (2011), Editor
- *Coraline* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *A History of Violence* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)
- *The Limb Salesman* (2004), Editor
- *Zeyda and the Hitman* (2004), Editor
- *Spider* (2002), Editor
- *Dinner with Friends* (2001), Editor
- *Camera* (2000), Editor
- *The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery* (2000), Lead Editor
- *Hidden Agenda* (1999), Editor
- *eXistenZ* (1999), Editor
- *Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way* (1997), Editor
- *Dead Silence* (1997), Editor
- *Crash* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *The Haunting of Lisa* (1996), Editor
- *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995), Editor
- *M. Butterfly* (1993), Editor
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Clearcut* (1991), Consulting Editor
- *Perfectly Normal* (1991), Editor
- *Gate II* (1990), Editor
- *Age-Old Friends* (1989), Editor
- *Dead Ringers* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md)
- *I've Heard the Mermaids Singing* (1987), Consulting Editor
- *The Fly* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)
- *The Park Is Mine* (1986), Editor
- *Firestarter* (1984), Editor
- *The Dead Zone* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md)
- *Videodrome* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/videodrome.md)
- *Scanners* (1981), Editor
- *Title Shot* (1979), Editor
- *Fast Company* (1979), Editor
- *Blood & Guts* (1978), Editor
- *Love at First Sight* (1977), Sound Editor
- *Heavy Horse Pull* (1977), Sound Editor
- *The Clown Murders* (1976), Editor
- *The Beauty of My People*, Editor

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