Nick Houy, also known as Nicholas G. Houy (born June 1982), is an American film editor and producer best known for his collaborations with director Greta Gerwig, including Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Barbie (2023). Raised in Colorado Springs and later Boulder, Colorado, he developed an early passion for filmmaking—creating Super‑8 shorts as a teenager and studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he graduated in 2004 with a BFA in Film Production. Following college, he relocated to New York City. He began working in film production as a production assistant before moving into roles as a post‑production assistant. By the early 2010s, he was editing independent films such as Fairhaven(2012), Beside Still Waters (2013), and Manhattan Romance (2014). His breakthrough in prestige television came with the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), for which he won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single‑Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie. Houy’s editing on Lady Bird (2017) was the result of a recommendation from fellow editor Jennifer Lame, and his work was widely praised for shaping the emotional rhythm and narrative flow of the film. He continued his collaboration with Gerwig as lead editor of Little Women (2019), earning a nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Editing. In the years since, Houy has edited a number of high‑profile projects, including Jonah Hill’s skateboarding coming‑of‑age film Mid90s (2018), the documentary Stutz (2022), and the global hit Barbie (2023). His work on Barbie earned him an ACE Eddie Award nomination for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy (Theatrical) at the 2024 American Cinema Editors awards. He was also a Critics’ Choice Award nominee for film editing in the same year.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 1, 1982 (44)
- USA
- Editor
- 15 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Known for
What are Nick Houy's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self 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 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet9
- 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 Nick Houy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nick Houy'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
19 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Outcome(2026)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Marty Supreme(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Bob Marley: One Love(2024)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Barbie(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Stutz(2022)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Causeway(2022)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Humans(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
American Eid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Little Women(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Mid90s(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Lady Bird(2017)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Night Of(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Manhattan Romance(2014)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
OM CITY (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Men of Brutus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Beside Still Waters(2013)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Fairhaven(2012)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Mighty Fine(2012)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 2012 to 2026.
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 Primetime Emmy from 3 major nominations, 2017–2024.
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Editing
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Editing
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or a Movie
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 Nick Houy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 50, detractors 28. 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 Nick Houy's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run lighter 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 Nick Houy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nick Houy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonah Hill shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jonah HillShared titles: Outcome (2026), Stutz (2022), Mid90s (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jonah Hill
- Greta GerwigShared titles: Barbie (2023), Little Women (2019), Lady Bird (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Greta Gerwig
- Tom O'BrienShared titles: Manhattan Romance (2014), Fairhaven (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Tom O'Brien
Actors
- James NortonShared titles: Bob Marley: One Love (2024), Little Women (2019)See all 2 shared titles with James Norton
- Beanie FeldsteinShared titles: The Humans (2021), Lady Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Beanie Feldstein
- Saoirse RonanShared titles: Little Women (2019), Lady Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Saoirse Ronan
- Timothée ChalametShared titles: Little Women (2019), Lady Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Timothée Chalamet
Cinematographers and editors
- Nicholas RamirezShared titles: Outcome (2026), Stutz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Ramirez
- Christopher BlauveltShared titles: Stutz (2022), Mid90s (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Blauvelt
Producers
- Alison GoodwinShared titles: Outcome (2026), Stutz (2022), Mid90s (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Alison Goodwin
- Matt DinesShared titles: Outcome (2026), Stutz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Dines
- Alex G. ScottShared titles: Mid90s (2018), Lady Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Alex G. Scott
- Eli BushShared titles: Mid90s (2018), Lady Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Eli Bush
