---
name: "Terel Gibson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terel-gibson"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T09:08:04.206564+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."
---

# Terel Gibson

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Boots Riley](https://film.one/person/boots-riley.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $248m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63346716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182914

## Coming up

- *I Love Boosters* (2026-05-21), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sorry to Bother You*](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Terel Gibson is an American film and television editor. He served as editor on Boots Riley’s *Sorry to Bother You* (2018) and *I Love Boosters* (2026). Other feature credits include *Ready or Not* (2019), *The Last Full Measure* (2020), *We Are Your Friends* (2015) and *Mr. Roosevelt* (2017).

Gibson is a graduate of Emory University. He began his career in the editorial department, working as first assistant editor or additional editor on films including *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), *Orphan* (2009) and *The Fighter* (2010). He has cited mentors Lisa Churgin and Pamela Martin as influences on his approach.

In television, Gibson edited episodes of *Hawkeye* (2021) and *Skeleton Crew* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmakermagazine.com, cinemontage.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), Fi1m 81, as NTV Spots Announcer — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)
- *The Fighter* (2010), Fi1m 79, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *I Love Boosters* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)
- *The Astronaut* (2025), Editor
- *The Fantastic 4: First Steps* (2025), Additional Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fantastic-4-first-steps.md)
- *Opus* (2025), Additional Editor
- *Star Wars: Skeleton Crew* (2024), series, Editor
- *Cuckoo* (2024), Editor
- *Hawkeye* (2021), series, Editor
- *Safety* (2020), Editor
- *Think Like a Dog* (2020), Editor
- *The Last Full Measure* (2020), Editor
- *Haunt* (2019), Editor
- *Ready or Not* (2019), Editor
- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), as NTV Spots Announcer, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)
- *The Happys* (2018), Editor
- *The Ballad of Lefty Brown* (2017), Editor
- *Mr. Roosevelt* (2017), Editor
- *All Nighter* (2017), Editor
- *Girlfriend's Day* (2017), Editor
- *The Hollars* (2016), Additional Editor
- *We Are Your Friends* (2015), Editor
- *The D Train* (2015), Editor
- *The Road Within* (2014), Editor
- *Pupil* (2013), Editor
- *The Kings of Summer* (2013), Editor
- *Phantom* (2013), Editor
- *Ruby Sparks* (2012), First Assistant Editor
- *The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez* (2012), Editor
- *The Fighter* (2010), Additional Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *Orphan* (2009), First Assistant Editor
- *Pride and Glory* (2008), First Assistant Editor
- *The House Bunny* (2008), Additional Editor
- *Rendition* (2007), Visual Effects Editor
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'* (2005), Thanks
- *Bewitched* (2005), Assistant Editor
- *Spanglish* (2004), Assistant Editor
- *Timeline* (2003), Assistant Editor
- *Marci X* (2003), Assistant Editor
- *The Truth About Charlie* (2002), Assistant Editor
- *Riding in Cars with Boys* (2001), Assistant Editor
- *Shaft* (2000), Assistant Editor
- *The Cider House Rules* (1999), Other
- *Beloved* (1998), as Buglar aged 21, Other

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