---
name: "Tom Finan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-finan"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-17T06:29:43.345822+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 Finan

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1984–2000
- **Also known as:** Tom Finnan, Thomas Finan
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25081809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51701

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Emperor's New Groove*](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Tom Finan is a film editor whose credits span live-action and animated features. He began his career in the editorial department in the late 1970s, working as an assistant editor on films including *Gremlins* (1984) and as associate editor on *Platoon* (1986).

Finan’s later work includes supervising film editor on *The Lion King* (1994) and editor on *Hercules* (1997), *Stuart Little* (1999), *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000) and *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas* (2003). He has also edited live-action titles such as *Racing Stripes* (2005) and *Underdog* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md)
- *The Lion King* (1994), Fi1m 84, Supervising Film Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *Platoon* (1986), Fi1m 84, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md)
- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)

## Also known for

- *Hercules* (1997), Editor
- *Stuart Little* (1999), Editor
- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Additional Editing
- *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas* (2003), Editor
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), Editor
- *Problem Child* (1990), Editor
- *Flypaper* (2011), Editor
- *Underdog* (2007), Editor

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