---
name: "Tom Eagles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-eagles"
fi1m_id: "tom-eagles"
imdb_id: "nm2305414"
tmdb_id: 1409489
wikidata_id: "Q64410294"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T02:30:11.580442+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."
---

# Tom Eagles

## Identity

Tom Eagles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-eagles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-eagles
- **IMDb ID:** nm2305414
- **TMDB ID:** 1409489
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64410294
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eagles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64410294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2305414/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1409489

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Taika Waititi](https://film.one/person/taika-waititi.md), [Carthew Neal](https://film.one/person/carthew-neal.md), [Garrett Basch](https://film.one/person/garrett-basch.md), [Rachel House](https://film.one/person/rachel-house.md), [Yana Gorskaya](https://film.one/person/yana-gorskaya.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 49 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 52 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Adventure 1, Family 1, History 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $161m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eagles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64410294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2305414/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1409489

## Coming up

- *Focker-in-Law* (2026-11-25), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/focker-in-law.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Hunt for the Wilderpeople*](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Next Goal Wins*](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Tom Eagles is a New Zealand film editor. He has frequently collaborated with director Taika Waititi on projects including *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), *Jojo Rabbit* (2019) and *Next Goal Wins* (2023).

Eagles was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for *Jojo Rabbit*. His other credits include *The Harder They Fall* (2021), *Shadow in the Cloud* (2020) and *The Book of Clarence* (2024). He is also credited as editor on the forthcoming *Klara and the Sun* (2026) and *Nuremberg* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Klara and the Sun* (2026), Fi1m 34, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/klara-and-the-sun.md)
- *Nuremberg* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)
- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Focker-in-Law* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/focker-in-law.md)
- *Klara and the Sun* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/klara-and-the-sun.md)
- *Nuremberg* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md)
- *The Book of Clarence* (2024), Editor
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *I'm a Virgo* (2023), series, Editor
- *On the Count of Three* (2022), Editor
- *The Harder They Fall* (2021), Editor
- *Shadow in the Cloud* (2021), Editor
- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Editor
- *The Breaker Upperers* (2018), Editor
- *The Inland Road* (2017), Editor
- *Do No Harm* (2017), Editor
- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)
- *Atomic Falafel* (2015), Editor
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), Editor
- *The Jump* (2014), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2020: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Jojo Rabbit*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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