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Chris Wyatt

Editor · Born May 1, 1949 (77) · UK

BAFTA Award nominee

Chris Wyatt has worked with an eclectic mix of acclaimed British film directors from Peter Greenaway to Shane Meadows. Spanning a career of more than forty years, credits include The Pillow Book; This is England and Dreams of a Life. Chris has been nominated twice for a BIFA craft award for Dead Man’s Shoes and ’71 which followed a long and continuing association with director Yann Demange. Chris has just completed God’s Own Country with writer/director Francis Lee, backed by the BFI and Creative England it will premiere in competition at Sundance 2017.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 1, 1949 (77)
From
UK
Works as
Editor
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Chris Wyatt's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
22%
Bonds
20%
Self
20%
Morality
15%
Society
10%
Power
9%
Ideas
4%
Grief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 18

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 6

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 9 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 9

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 16

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
15
Dread
9
Contemplative
9
Cold
5
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Chris Wyatt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Chris Wyatt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • The History of Sound(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Rising of the Sap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editor

  • Living(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Anne Boleyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Editor

  • Supernova(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Ammonite(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Lovecraft Country(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Editor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • White Boy Rick(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Calibre(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Shelter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Editor

  • God's Own Country(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Close to the Enemy(2016)

    Show 7 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • The Ones Below(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Partisan(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Falling(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Polar Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Editor

  • '71(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Dancing on the Edge(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Top Boy(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Dreams of a Life(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · Editor

  • Royal Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • This Is England '86(2010)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Dead Set(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Editor

  • This Is England (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Editor

  • A Life in Suitcases(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Dead Man's Shoes(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story(2003)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Max(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Far from China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Editor

  • Shadow of the Vampire(2000)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry(2000)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Weekend(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Pillow Book(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Baby of Mâcon(1993)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Darwin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Editor

  • Rosa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Editor

  • A Walk Through Prospero's Library(1991)

    Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • M Is for Man, Music and Mozart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Editor

  • Prospero's Books(1991)

    Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Drowning by Numbers(1988)

    Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 40 titles from 1988 to 2025.

Biggest box office

White Boy Rick (2018)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

God's Own Country (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

This Is England '86 (2010)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing37 of 40: 37 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew3 of 40: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2010–2011.

  1. 2011
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Editing - Fiction/Entertainment
  2. 2010
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Editing Fiction/Entertainment

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Chris Wyatt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · editor

A Life in Suitcases (2005)

86th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

God's Own Country (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 49, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Chris Wyatt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles7–90 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles23–77 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles31–96 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles34–74 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense12 titles23–87 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Chris Wyatt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chris Wyatt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kees Kasander shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers