---
name: "Valerio Bonelli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valerio-bonelli"
fi1m_id: "valerio-bonelli"
imdb_id: "nm0094269"
tmdb_id: 16346
wikidata_id: "Q28123540"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:59:43.090093+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."
---

# Valerio Bonelli

## Identity

Valerio Bonelli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valerio-bonelli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valerio-bonelli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094269
- **TMDB ID:** 16346
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28123540
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28123540, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16346

Producer. Born 8 January 1976 in Naples, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 January 1976, Naples, Italy
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 producing, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Joe Wright](https://film.one/person/joe-wright.md), [Ben Mendelsohn](https://film.one/person/ben-mendelsohn.md), [Gabrielle Tana](https://film.one/person/gabrielle-tana.md), [Stephen Frears](https://film.one/person/stephen-frears.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Tracey Seaward](https://film.one/person/tracey-seaward.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (5), 2020s 73 (4)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28123540, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16346

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Jay Kelly*](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Philomena*](https://film.one/film/philomena.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mussolini: Son of the Century*](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Valerio Bonelli is an Italian film and television editor. Born on 8 January 1976 in Naples, he trained at the National Film and Television School in London, where Stephen Frears was among his tutors. He began his career as an assistant editor on Ridley Scott’s *Gladiator* (2000), working with Pietro Scalia, and subsequently remained in the United Kingdom.

Bonelli has edited numerous feature films and series, including *Philomena* (2013), *The Martian* (2015, co-editor), *Darkest Hour* (2017), *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), *Cyrano* (2021) and *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019). He has maintained a long collaboration with director Joe Wright, beginning with an episode of *Black Mirror* (2016) and continuing with *Darkest Hour*, *Cyrano* and the series *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025). Other credits include work for Stephen Frears and Cosima Spender. He has received two wins and two nominations for his editing, among them the Tribeca Film Festival award for best documentary editing on *Palio* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, podscan.fm.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), Fi1m 80, Editor, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)

### Crew (8)

- *Elsinore* (2026), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Cyrano* (2021), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *Philomena* (2013), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Elsinore* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe* (2025), Editor
- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), series, Editor, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *The Gymnasts* (2022), series, Director
- *Cyrano* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *The Woman in the Window* (2021), Editor
- *SanPa: Sins of the Savior* (2020), series, Editor
- *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019), Editor
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Viceroy's House* (2017), Editor
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), Co-Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *The Program* (2015), Editor
- *Palio* (2015), Editor
- *Philomena* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)
- *Hummingbird* (2013), Editor
- *The Cold Light of Day* (2012), Editor
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *Cracks* (2009), Editor
- *Incendiary* (2008), Editor
- *Hannibal Rising* (2007), Editor
- *Odessa... Odessa!* (2005), Editor
- *The Importance of Being Elegant* (2004), Editor
- *The Dreamers* (2003), Visual Effects
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)

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