Louise Ford (film editor)

Louise Ford is a British film editor. She is best known for her collaborations with director Robert Eggers, which include The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman (2022), and Nosferatu (2024).

Louise Ford
Born	Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Andrew Ford[1]

Early life and career

Ford was born in Nantwich, Cheshire.^[2] She began her career as a journalist after completing a media studies degree at the Polytechnic of Central London, and worked for a number of years as a copy/production editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, Q and Cosmopolitan.^[1][3]

After she moved to New York City, she took a six-week editing course through The Edit Center in New York City, where she met editor Michael Taylor and became his assistant.^[4] She met director Robert Eggers in 2007, when she edited his short film The Tell-Tale Heart.^[2][5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Ref.
2014	The Heart Machine	Zachary Wigon	[6]
2015	The Witch	Robert Eggers	[7]
2016	Don't Breathe	Fede Álvarez	[8]
2017	Thoroughbreds	Cory Finley	[9]
2018	Wildlife	Paul Dano	[10]
	Siberia	Matthew Ross	[11]
2019	The Lighthouse	Robert Eggers	[12]
	Bad Education	Cory Finley	[13]
2021	Things Heard & Seen	Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini	[14]
2022	The Northman	Robert Eggers	[15]
2023	Landscape with Invisible Hand	Cory Finley	[16]
2024	Nosferatu	Robert Eggers	[17]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Chicago Indie Critics	2025	Best Editing	Nosferatu	Nominated	[18]
DiscussingFilm Critic Awards	2019	Best Film Editing	The Lighthouse	Nominated	[19]
Independent Spirit Awards	2019	Best Editing	The Lighthouse	Nominated	[20]
Indiana Film Journalists Association	2022	Best Editing	The Northman	Nominated	[21]
	2024		Nosferatu	Nominated	[22]
North Dakota Film Society	2020	Best Editing	The Lighthouse	Won	[23]
	2025		Nosferatu	Nominated	[24]