---
name: "Thomas K. Avildsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-k-avildsen"
fi1m_id: "thomas-k-avildsen"
imdb_id: "nm0043169"
tmdb_id: 85806
wikidata_id: "Q113559088"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:01.543906+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."
---

# Thomas K. Avildsen

## Identity

Thomas K. Avildsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-k-avildsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-k-avildsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0043169
- **TMDB ID:** 85806
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113559088
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113559088, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85806

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Also known as:** Tom Avildsen
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113559088, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85806

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nice Dreams*](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Thomas K. Avildsen, also credited as Tom Avildsen, is a film editor and director. He worked as assistant editor on *The Deer Hunter* (1978) and later edited several Cheech & Chong comedies, including *Cheech and Chong's Next Movie* (1980), *Nice Dreams* (1981) and *Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers* (1984).

Avildsen also directed *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers* (1984), Editor
- *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982), Director
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)
- *Cheech & Chong's Next Movie* (1980), Editor

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