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Alex Mackie

Alex Mackie

Editor

Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee

Alex Mackie, ACE, is a BAFTA, EMMY, and ACE nominated film editor. She is based in London, but also works in the US. Alex received a BAFTA nomination for editing Aisling Walsh's award-winning TV film 'An Inspector Calls', starring David Thewlis, and was nominated for EMMY and ACE awards for the Golden Globe winner 'RKO 281', starring Liev Schrieber. Alex was nominated for EMMY and ACE awards for editing the pilot for the multi-award winning series 'C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation'. She was also nominated for the I.C.S. Award for Best Editing (Runner up) for Terence Davies' 'Benediction', starring Jack Lowden. Alex has recently edited Mary Harron's 'Daliland', starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Carol Morley's 'Typist Artist Pirate King', starring Monica Dolan and Kelly Macdonald, and Thaddeus O'Sullivan's 'The Miracle Club', starring Maggie Smith, Laura Linney and Kathy Bates.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Editor
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 45 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 4% in 30 days

What are Alex Mackie's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th 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
Bonds
21%
Self
19%
Survival
17%
Morality
16%
Society
11%
Ideas
8%
Power
7%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 7 · Dark 11

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

Grounded 11 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 13 · Intense 8

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

Steady 12 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 5

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 15 · Even-paced 11 · 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 12 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Melancholic
14
Joyful
9
Bittersweet
10
Dread
6
Other
31

How their films linger

Bittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

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 Alex Mackie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alex Mackie'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

45 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page.

  • Miss Austen(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • The Girlfriend(2025)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Typist Artist Pirate King(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle Club(2023)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Daliland(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Benediction(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Four Kids and It(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Elizabeth Is Missing(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Out of Blue(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Finding Your Feet(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Mary Shelley(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Siege of Jadotville(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Kill Command(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Billionaire Ransom(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • An Inspector Calls(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Poet in New York(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Great Fire(2014)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Day of the Flowers(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Loving Miss Hatto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • Downton Abbey(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Day of the Triffids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • St. Trinian's(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • I Want Candy(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Copying Beethoven(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Imagine Me & You(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Separate Lies(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Heart of Me(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Bright Young Things(2003)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • Station Jim(2001)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Thin Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • RKO 281(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Alice in Wonderland(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Swept from the Sea(1997)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Substitute(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Judge Dredd(1995)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Young Americans(1993)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Lupus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Editor

  • Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Editor

  • The Long Day Closes(1992)

    Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Editor

  • Heavenly Pursuits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Assistant Editor

  • Born American(1986)

    Assistant Sound Editor

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles, 42 of them dated from 1986 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Judge Dredd (1995)

$113M worldwide

Highest rated

An Inspector Calls (2015)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Judge Dredd (1995)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing40 of 43: 40 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thOther crew3 of 43: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s2 · crew1990s10 · crew2000s11 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s6 · 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

3 major nominations and no wins, 2000–2024.

  1. 2024
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Editing, Fiction
  2. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series
  3. 2000
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

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 Alex Mackie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · editor

Typist Artist Pirate King (2022)

56th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Downton Abbey (2010)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 57, detractors 29. 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 Alex Mackie's work okay for kids?

Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles13–75 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity16 titles2–56 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles17–73 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles19–51 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles8–52 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all 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 Alex Mackie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alex Mackie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aisling Walsh shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers