---
name: "Trevor Waite"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevor-waite"
fi1m_id: "trevor-waite"
imdb_id: "nm0906634"
tmdb_id: 28157
wikidata_id: "Q16886395"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T15:04:18.762078+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."
---

# Trevor Waite

## Identity

Trevor Waite

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trevor-waite
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trevor-waite
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906634
- **TMDB ID:** 28157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16886395
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Waite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16886395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906634/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28157

Editor. Born 1 January 1943 in Fetcham.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, Fetcham
- **Active:** 1975–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Jimmy McGovern](https://film.one/person/jimmy-mcgovern.md), [Julian Jarrold](https://film.one/person/julian-jarrold.md), [Michael Winterbottom](https://film.one/person/michael-winterbottom.md), [Peter Moffat](https://film.one/person/peter-moffat.md), [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (2), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Waite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16886395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906634/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28157

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Cracker*](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md) (85)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Go Now*](https://film.one/film/go-now.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Trevor Waite is a British film and television editor. Born in 1943 in Fetcham, Surrey, he has worked extensively in independent British cinema and drama.

He has collaborated frequently with director Michael Winterbottom on films including *Butterfly Kiss* (1995), *Jude* (1996), *Welcome to Sarajevo* (1997), *The War Zone* (1999), *The Claim* (2000) and *24 Hour Party People* (2002). Other feature credits include *Beyond the Sea* (2004), *Driving Lessons* (2006) and *The Kid* (2010).

On television, Waite edited the 1993 series *Cracker*, for which he received a BAFTA nomination. He has also worked on *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983* (2009), *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* (2006) and *The Fear* (2012), winning BAFTA awards for editing on the latter two projects.

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Go Now* (1995), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)
- *Cracker* (1993), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *The Fear* (2012), series, Editor
- *Macbeth* (2010), Editor
- *The Kid* (2010), Editor
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, Editor
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983* (2009), Editor
- *Is Anybody There?* (2009), Editor
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), Editor
- *And When Did You Last See Your Father?* (2007), Editor
- *Driving Lessons* (2006), Editor
- *Hawking* (2004), Editor
- *Beyond the Sea* (2004), Editor
- *Octane* (2003), Editor
- *D.I.Y. Hard* (2002), Editor
- *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), Editor
- *24 Hour Party People* (2002), Editor
- *The Claim* (2000), Editor
- *With or Without You* (1999), Editor
- *The War Zone* (1999), Editor
- *Wonderland* (1999), Editor
- *I Want You* (1998), Editor
- *Welcome to Sarajevo* (1997), Editor
- *Jude* (1996), Editor
- *Go Now* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)
- *Butterfly Kiss* (1995), Editor
- *Life After Life* (1995), Editor
- *Family* (1994), Editor
- *Cracker* (1993), series, Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *Under the Sun* (1992), Editor
- *Somewhere to Run* (1989), Editor
- *Young Charlie Chaplin* (1989), series, Editor
- *It's Your Move* (1982), Editor
- *Rumpole's Return* (1980), Editor
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, Editor
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, Editor

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