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Louise Ford

Louise Ford

Editor

Independent Spirit Award nominee

Louise Ford is a British film editor. She is best known for editing the films The Witch (2015), Don't Breathe (2016), Thoroughbreds (2017), Wildlife (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Bad Education (2019), The Northman (2022) and Nosferatu (2024).

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Editor
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 30 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 16% in 30 days

What are Louise Ford's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: 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
Power
30%
Morality
26%
Bonds
16%
Survival
13%
Self
9%
Society
6%
Deception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 6

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 6

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

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 9

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Dread
6
Melancholic
6
Cold
5
Absurd
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Louise Ford's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Louise Ford'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

30 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

  • Werwulf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • Black Phone 2(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Nosferatu(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Landscape with Invisible Hand(2023)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Northman(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Things Heard & Seen(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Lighthouse(2019)

    Editor · Music Editor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Bad Education(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Wildlife(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Siberia(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Thoroughbreds(2017)

    Editor · Music Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Darkness(2016)

    Editorial Consultant

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Half the Perfect World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Editor

  • Don't Breathe(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Witch(2015)

    Editor · Music Editor · Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Editor

  • All Eyes and Ears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    First Assistant Editor

  • The Heart Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Editor

  • Across Grace Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor

  • The Loneliest Planet(2011)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Caris' Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Assistant Editor

  • In My Lifetime: A Presentation of the Nuclear World Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Assistant Editor

  • Down the Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    First Assistant Editor

  • The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    First Assistant Editor

  • The Tell-Tale Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Editor · Music Editor · Sound Editor

  • DreamRiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Assistant Editor

  • Against the Current(2009)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Recruiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Additional Editor

  • The Savages(2007)

    Associate Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Moving Midway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Associate Editor

Career shape

A full career of 30 titles, 29 of them dated from 2007 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Nosferatu (2024)

$182M worldwide

Highest rated

The Lighthouse (2019)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Nosferatu (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing19 of 30: 15 only editing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew15 of 30: 11 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

30 titles, 4 with more than one role — editing and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s18 · crew2020s5 · 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

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2020, Best Editing.

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 Louise Ford's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed4

Most loved · editor

The Lighthouse (2019)

Midcredits 92nd · 77% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 53, detractors 24. 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 Louise Ford's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles24–88 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles20–70 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles31–79 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles28–66 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles37–88 · median 71 · 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 Louise Ford work with?

People who share at least 2 of Louise Ford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Eggers shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers