# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-leighton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:36:36.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-leighton"
name: "Robert Leighton"
slug: "robert-leighton"
description: "Robert Leighton is a British film and television editor with more than 30 feature film credits since 1980. He has edited nearly all of the films by film director Rob Reiner, commencing with This Is Spinal Tap in 1984. He has also edited three films with Christopher Guest. His work includes hit comedies and mockumentaries such as This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show and When Harry Met Sally... as well as classic dramas such as Stand by Me and the Stephen King thriller, Misery, which garnered actress Kathy Bates a \"Best Actress\" Oscar. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the feature film, A Few Good Men (1992)."
tagline: "British film editor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.97
  momentum:             9
  historical:           8.084846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500371/"
    handle:    "nm0500371"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ロバート・レイトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت لايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leighton_(Filmeditor)"
    title: "Robert Leighton (Filmeditor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leighton_(film_editor)"
    title: "Robert Leighton (film editor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "رابرت لیتن (تدوینگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leighton"
    title: "Robert Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leighton_(penyunting_film)"
    title: "Robert Leighton (penyunting film)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leighton"
    title: "Robert Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7346850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3032"
    title: "Robert Leighton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump