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name: "Susan Shipton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-shipton"
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imdb_id: "nm0794156"
tmdb_id: 35332
wikidata_id: "Q302788"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:14:21.909780+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."
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# Susan Shipton

## Identity

Susan Shipton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-shipton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-shipton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0794156
- **TMDB ID:** 35332
- **Wikidata ID:** Q302788
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Shipton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35332

Editor. Born 1 January 1958 in Toronto, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1958, Toronto, Canada
- **Active:** 1986–1997
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Shipton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35332

## Biography

Susan Shipton is a Canadian film editor. Born in Toronto in 1958, she graduated with a degree in film studies from Queen's University in 1982. She began her career as an assistant editor, working on David Cronenberg's *The Fly* (1986).

Shipton edited her first feature, Atom Egoyan's *The Adjuster*, in 1991 and has since collaborated with the director on eight projects. Her credits include *Exotica* (1994), *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), *Chloe* (2009), *Barney's Version* (2010) and *The Captive* (2014). She has also edited films such as *Mr. Nobody* (2009) and worked in television.

Shipton won Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Editing for *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997) and *Possible Worlds* (2001). She directed the short film *Hindsight* and is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *The Fly* (1986), Fi1m 88, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Guest of Honour* (2020), Editor
- *Backstabbing for Beginners* (2018), Editor
- *Burn Your Maps* (2016), Editor
- *Forsaken* (2015), Editor
- *The Captive* (2014), Editor
- *Devil's Knot* (2013), Editor
- *Flight of the Butterflies* (2012), Editor
- *Breakaway* (2011), Editor
- *Barney's Version* (2010), Editor
- *Chloe* (2010), Editor
- *Cra$h & Burn* (2009), series, Editor
- *Mr. Nobody* (2009), Editor
- *Adoration* (2009), Editor
- *The Year of Getting to Know Us* (2008), Editor
- *Breakfast with Scot* (2007), Editor
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Editor
- *Matters of Life & Dating* (2007), Editor
- *Full of It* (2007), Editor
- *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), Editor
- *Samantha: An American Girl Holiday* (2004), Editor
- *Being Julia* (2004), Editor
- *Foolproof* (2003), Editor
- *Dragonwheel* (2002), Editor
- *Too Young to Be a Dad* (2002), Editor
- *Ararat* (2002), Editor
- *Possible Worlds* (2000), Editor
- *Felicia's Journey* (1999), Editor
- *Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story* (1998), Editor
- *A Cool, Dry Place* (1998), Editor
- *Love and Death on Long Island* (1998), Editor
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework* (1997), Editor
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1996), Editor
- *The Awakening* (1995), Editor
- *Never Talk to Strangers* (1995), as Additional Editing
- *When Night Is Falling* (1995), Editor
- *Exotica* (1994), Editor
- *Mesmer* (1994), Editor
- *The Lotus Eaters* (1993), Editor
- *I Love a Man in Uniform* (1993), Editor
- *Oh, What a Night* (1992), Editor
- *The Adjuster* (1991), Editor
- *Age-Old Friends* (1989), Assistant Dialogue Editor
- *Speed Zone* (1989), Assistant Editor
- *Nowhere to Hide* (1987), Assistant Sound Editor
- *The Fly* (1986), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)

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