---
name: "Sam Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-williams"
fi1m_id: "sam-williams"
imdb_id: "nm1467831"
tmdb_id: 2461341
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:39:30.441727+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."
---

# Sam Williams

## Identity

Sam Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm1467831
- **TMDB ID:** 2461341
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1467831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2461341

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Farren Blackburn](https://film.one/person/farren-blackburn.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $46m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1467831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2461341

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Slow Horses*](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*The Fades*](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md) (72)
- **AMC+:** [*Luther*](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Sam Williams is a film and television editor. His credits include episodes of *Slow Horses* (2022–), for which he won the 2024 BAFTA TV Craft Award for Editing: Fiction, *His Dark Materials* (2019), *The Perfect Couple* (2024), *Big Little Lies* (2019) and *A Discovery of Witches* (2021). He has also worked as supervising editor on *The First Lady* (2022) and as co-producer on *The Perfect Couple*.

Williams has served as second unit director on an episode of *Slow Horses* and is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: imdb.com, saraputt.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Fi1m 48, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *The Fades* (2011), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *The Perfect Couple* (2024), series, Editor
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, Editor
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, Editor
- *The Interceptor* (2015), series, Editor
- *The Game* (2014), series, Editor
- *Hammer of the Gods* (2013), Editor
- *The Fades* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Luther* (2010), series, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Wish 143* (2009), Editor
- *Classic Steam Train Collection* (2005), series, Editor
- *Footballers' Wives* (2002), series, Editor

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