Nicholas Monsour is an American film and television editor based in Los Angeles. Monsour gained wide recognition through his collaboration with writer-director Jordan Peele on the horror film Us (2019) and the science-fiction thriller Nope (2022). His feature film credits also include Keanu (2016), Next Goal Wins (2023), and Nickel Boys (2024). In television, Monsour has worked on Key & Peele (2012), The Twilight Zone (2019), The Last O.G. (2018), Cobra Kai (2018), Colin in Black & White (2021), Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016), Whiskey Cavalier (2019), Brockmire (2017), Comrade Detective (2017), Drunk History (2013), and HBO's Witness (2012). His contributions to Key & Peele (2012) earned him a 2016 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for the episode "The End," shared with editors Richard LaBrie, Neil Mahoney, and Stevie Waichulis. Monsour's later career includes highly acclaimed work on Nickel Boys (2024). It received awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the St. Louis Film Critics Association. Throughout his career, he has been recognised by groups such as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, and the International Online Cinema Awards. In addition to his editorial career, Monsour has worked extensively in non-profit media production and education. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His films, video art, sculptures, installations, performances, and theatre pieces have been exhibited in multiple cities in the United States and internationally. He wrote and directed the feature film Oh My Soul, which was officially selected for the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2009.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 12, 1980 (46)
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Editor, also producer
- 21 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Known for
What are Nicholas Monsour's films like?
Across their 9 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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous3
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 Nicholas Monsour's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Nicholas Monsour'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
25 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.
Backrooms(2026)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
FruitHead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Nickel Boys(2024)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Next Goal Wins(2023)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Nope(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Last Looks(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Colin in Black & White(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Candyman(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Whiskey Cavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Action Point(2018)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Cobra Kai(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Comrade Detective(2017)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Brockmire(2017)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Jean-Claude Van Johnson(2016)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Keanu(2016)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Teachers(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Embers(2015)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Drunk History(2013)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Witness(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Oh My Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Yeti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 2009 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
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2016, Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.
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 Nicholas Monsour's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 49, detractors 26. 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 Nicholas Monsour's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 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 Nicholas Monsour work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicholas Monsour's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jordan Peele shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jordan PeeleShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019), Keanu (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Jordan Peele
- Peter AtencioShared titles: Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016), Keanu (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Atencio
Actors
- Elisabeth MossShared titles: Next Goal Wins (2023), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Elisabeth Moss
Composers and cinematographers
- Michael AbelsShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Abels
- Jas SheltonShared titles: Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016), Keanu (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jas Shelton
Producers
- David TorresShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with David Torres
- Ian CooperShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Cooper
