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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) |
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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