---
name: "William Henry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-henry"
fi1m_id: "william-henry"
imdb_id: "nm0378028"
tmdb_id: 1672840
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T11:46:40.728958+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."
---

# William Henry

## Identity

William Henry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-henry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-henry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0378028
- **TMDB ID:** 1672840
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1672840

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Bill Henry, William Henry II
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1672840

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dickinson*](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*HIS & HERS*](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md) (55)

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

## Biography

William Henry is a film and television editor, also credited as Bill Henry or William Henry II. He graduated from Bates College in 1985 and began his career as an apprentice film editor in Los Angeles, with an early credit on the 1986 feature *True Stories*. He worked as an assistant and associate editor on several films before moving to New York in the mid-1990s and shifting focus to television.

Henry is known for his work as editor on the HBO series *Succession* (2018–2023), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for the season-two finale. His other editing credits include *Dickinson* (2019–2021), *The Gilded Age* (2022), *Quantico* (2015) and the 2026 series *His & Hers*. Earlier in his career he served as first assistant editor on *Air America* (1990) and associate editor on the HBO miniseries *Angels in America* (2003).

He has spoken about applying skills developed on the musical series *Smash* (2012) to the dinner-table sequences in *Succession*.

*Sources: imdb.com, bates.edu, patriotledger.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Dickinson* (2019), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), Editor, Co-Producer
- *Hello Tomorrow!* (2023), series, Editor
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, Editor
- *Dickinson* (2019), series, Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *Succession* (2018), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *One Fall* (2016), Editor
- *Quantico* (2015), series, Editor
- *Yelling To The Sky* (2011), Editor
- *Soul Men* (2008), Editor
- *The Blackwater Lightship* (2004), Editor
- *You Stupid Man* (2002), Editor
- *Dummy* (2002), Editor
- *Let's Talk About Sex* (1998), Editor
- *Air America* (1990), First Assistant Editor

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