William Hoy (film editor)

William Hoy is an American film editor with 30 feature-film editing credits since 1988. Hoy and Stan Salfas won Satellite Awards for Best Editing for the films Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Hoy and Tyler Nelson were nominated the Saturn Award for Best Editing for The Batman (2022). Hoy is a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE).^[1]

Hoy has collaborated with director Zack Snyder on the films 300 (2006), Watchmen (2009), and Sucker Punch (2011).^[2] He has also collaborated with director Matt Reeves on the films Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, and The Batman.

Hoy has a sister, Maysie Hoy, who is also a film editor.^[2]

List of editing credits

One of Hoy's first credits as editor was the film Silent Assassins (1988).^[3] Before then, his earliest credits were as assistant editor for the films Quintet (1979) and Health (1980).^[4]

Hoy's editing credits for film

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1988	Silent Assassins		[3]
1989	Best of the Best		[4]
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Edited with Ronald Roose	[4]
1992	Patriot Games	Edited with Neil Travis	[4]
1993	Sliver	Edited with Richard Francis-Bruce	[4]
1994	Judicial Consent		[4]
1995	Outbreak	Edited with Lynzee Klingman, Neil Travis, and Stephen E. Rivkin	[5]
1997	The Eighteenth Angel		[4]
1998	The Man in the Iron Mask		[5]
1999	The Bone Collector		[5]
2001	Madison		[5]
2002	We Were Soldiers		[5]
2003	A Man Apart	Edited with Bob Brown	[5]
2004	I, Robot	Edited with Armen Minasian and Richard Learoyd	[5]
2005	Fantastic Four		[5]
2006	300		[5]
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Edited with Peter S. Elliot	[5]
2009	Watchmen		[5]
2011	Sucker Punch		[5]
2012	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter		[5]
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Edited with Stan Salfas	[5]
2015	Pan	Edited with Paul Tothill	[5]
2017	2:22	Edited with Gary Woodyard and Sean Lahiff	[3]
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes	Edited with Stan Salfas	[5]
2019	The Last Summer	Edited with Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo	[6]
2020	Underwater	Edited with Brian Berdan and Todd E. Miller	[4]
2020	The Call of the Wild	Edited with David Heinz	[4]
2022	The Batman	Edited with Tyler Nelson	[7]
2023	Extraction 2	Edited with Álex Rodríguez	[8]
2025	Superman	Edited with Craig Alpert	[9]

Accolades

Hoy's accolades

Year	Film	Editor(s)	Award	Ceremony	Result	Ref.
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Hoy, Stan Salfas	Satellite Award for Best Editing	19th ceremony	Won	[10]
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes	Hoy, Stan Salfas	Satellite Award for Best Editing	22nd ceremony	Won	[11]
2022	The Batman	Hoy, Tyler Nelson	Saturn Award for Best Editing	47th ceremony	Nominated	[12]