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BAFTA Awards

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Most Wins for Best Editing

This list features editors that have won the most awards for Best Editing at the BAFTA Awards.

RANK

EDITOR

NOMINATIONS

WINS

FILMS

1

Gerry Hambling

6

3

Midnight Express (1978)

Mississippi Burning (1989)

The Commitments (1991)

2

Thelma Schoonmaker

11

2

Raging Bull (1981)

Goodfellas (1990)

3

Michael Kahn

7

2

Fatal Attraction (1988)

Schindler’s List (1993)

4

Walter Murch

5

2

The Conversation (1974)

The English Patient (1996)

5

Pietro Scalia

5

2

JFK (1992)

Gladiator (2000)

6

Jim Clark

4

2

The Killing Fields (1984)

The Mission (1986)

7

Tom Cross

4

2

Whiplash (2014)

No Time to Die (2021)

8

Richard Chew

3

2

The Conversation (1974)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976)

9

Christopher Rouse

3

2

United 93 (2006)

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

10

Claire Simpson

2

2

Platoon (1987)

The Constant Gardener (2005)


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References

Wikipedia. BAFTA Award for Best Editing. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Editing (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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