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Paul Machliss

Paul Machliss

Editor · Born January 1, 1972 (54) · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

BAFTA Award winner · Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body

Paul Machliss (born 1972) is an Australian film and television editor. He has worked on TV series such as Black Books and The IT Crowd, as well as on Edgar Wright's television series Spaced and feature films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The World's End (2013), and Baby Driver (2017). Machliss was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and is a graduate of Brighton Secondary College. He got his start working as a gofer on Fast Forward, an Australian sketch comedy series. He went to work in a post-production facility, serving as a videotape librarian and operator. While at this job, Machliss taught himself how to use the company's editing suite, allowing him to get a job editing advertisements and corporate videos. He then worked freelance on a trade show in Amsterdam, after which he relocated to the UK and worked as an online editor for several post-production facilities. From there, he was hired as a freelance editor to work on British television series, including Spaced and Black Books. His work on these series got him a job editing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright, in 2010. In 2013, he served as the editor for The World's End, also directed by Wright. In July 2023 Machliss was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts by Solent University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Machliss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1972 (54)
From
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Works as
Editor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 25 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 9% in 30 days

What are Paul Machliss' films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
39%
Society
17%
Self
16%
Power
10%
Morality
9%
Survival
6%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4

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 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
8
Warm
6
Joyful
5
Thrilling
5
Tense
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Feel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8
  • Cyclical1

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 Paul Machliss' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Machliss' 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

25 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Editor

  • The Sheep Detectives(2026)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Running Man(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Worlds Collide: Making 'The Flash'(2023)

    Thanks · as Self - Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Flash(2023)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Last Night in Soho(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Gentlemen(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Kid Who Would Be King(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Baby Driver(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Fleabag(2016)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Fungus the Bogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Editor

  • Man Up(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The World's End(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Friday Night Dinner(2011)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Threesome(2011)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Aim Low: The Best of Dylan Moran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rabbit Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Editor

  • Skip to the End(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Smoking Room(2004)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Look Around You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Dougal McYorque

  • Diana Krall: Live in Paris(2001)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Black Books(2000)

    Show 12 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Collaboration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 17 of them dated from 2000 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Baby Driver (2017)

$227M worldwide

Highest rated

Fleabag (2016)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Sheep Detectives (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 19: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 19: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleEditing16 of 19: 16 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rdOther crew1 of 19: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2010s8 · 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

a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 3 major nominations, 2018.

WinNomination
  1. 2018
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Film Editing
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Editing
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Editing

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 Paul Machliss' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 18 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1

Most divisive · actor

Worlds Collide: Making 'The Flash' (2023)

75th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Diana Krall: Live in Paris (2001)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 59/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 32. 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 Paul Machliss' work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles9–74 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles11–48 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles21–89 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles13–64 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles12–59 · median 40 · moderatenear 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 Paul Machliss work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Machliss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nira Park shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers