As film editor, I've worked across a broad range of genres on a wide variety of projects with star-studded cast lists of Academy Award winners and cult classic icons. My work has reached global audiences and found festival, commercial and critical success. As director, my latest short film, "Smashed", premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, then played a further 20+ international festivals with award-winning results.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor and director
- 26 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Known for
What are Sean Lahiff's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 17
Light 0 · Serious 7 · Dark 12
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 13
Steady 7 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 10
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous9
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 Sean Lahiff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- The Hunger Games (2012) · vfx editor · visual effects editor · free
- Jungle (2017) · editor · free
- Snowtown (2011) · assistant editor · free
- The Speedway Murders (2023) · editor · free
- Wolf Creek 2 (2013) · editor · free
- Kid Snow (2024) · editor · free
- Swerve (2011) · editor · free
- The Pack (2015) · visual effects editor · free
- Carnifex (2022) · director, editor · free
- 2099: The Soldier Protocol (2019) · editor · free
- Sundance Now, show their 4 titles on Sundance Now
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- Monsters and Nightmares, show their title on Monsters and Nightmares
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
Subscription and free streaming for Sean Lahiff'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
32 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.
Wolf Creek: Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Saccharine(2026)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Together(2025)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Diabolic(2025)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Kid Snow(2024)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Subservience(2024)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Run Rabbit Run(2023)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Speedway Murders(2023)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Territory(2024)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Carnifex(2022)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Gold(2022)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
2067(2020)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Relic(2020)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Awoken(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
I Am Mother(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Entrenched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Cargo(2017)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
2:22(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Jungle(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Smashed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Darkness(2016)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Pack(2015)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Highly Strung(2015)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Babadook(2014)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Wolf Creek 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Hunger Games(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Snowtown(2011)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Swerve(2011)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Ten Empty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Dr. Plonk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Play Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 28 titles, 26 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Together (2025)
Highest rated
I Am Mother (2019)
Most popular right now
Subservience (2024)
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.
How do Sean Lahiff's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 25; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 51, detractors 23. 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 Sean Lahiff's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Sean Lahiff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sean Lahiff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Julie Byrne shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Greg McLeanShared titles: Territory (2024), Jungle (2017), The Darkness (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Greg McLean
- Natalie Erika JamesShared titles: Saccharine (2026), Relic (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Natalie Erika James
- Daniel J. PhillipsShared titles: Diabolic (2025), Awoken (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel J. Phillips
Actors
- Robert TaylorShared titles: Saccharine (2026), Kid Snow (2024), Territory (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Taylor
- Anthony HayesShared titles: Gold (2022), Cargo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Hayes
- Susie PorterShared titles: Gold (2022), Cargo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Susie Porter
Composers and cinematographers
- Johnny KlimekShared titles: Territory (2024), Jungle (2017), The Darkness (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Johnny Klimek
- Antony PartosShared titles: The Speedway Murders (2023), Gold (2022), I Am Mother (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Antony Partos
- Charlie SarroffShared titles: Saccharine (2026), Relic (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Charlie Sarroff
- Michael TessariShared titles: Diabolic (2025), Awoken (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Tessari
Producers
- Julie ByrneShared titles: Diabolic (2025), Kid Snow (2024), Gold (2022), I Am Mother (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Julie Byrne
- Silvio SalomShared titles: Diabolic (2025), Gold (2022), 2099: The Soldier Protocol (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Silvio Salom
- Anna VincentShared titles: The Speedway Murders (2023), I Am Mother (2019), Highly Strung (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Anna Vincent
- Bryce MenziesShared titles: 2067 (2020), I Am Mother (2019), Swerve (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Bryce Menzies