Biography
Nigel Galt is a British film editor. Born in April 1953 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, he has worked in film and television post-production for more than five decades.
Galt first collaborated with Stanley Kubrick as a sound editor on Full Metal Jacket (1987). He served as the primary editor on Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut (1999), joining the project before principal photography in 1996 and working closely with the director in the editing room for approximately 15 months until Kubrick’s death. He has stated that the released version represents Kubrick’s intended cut.
His other editing credits include The Ferryman (2007), Bloodline (2018) and Peter Five Eight (2024). Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant editor and in sound roles, including additional editing on Underworld (2003). He won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Sound (Fiction) for the series Inspector Morse.
