Editing

Nicholas Monsour

Born September 12, 1980 · Los Angeles, California, U.S (age 45)

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 (2…

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Backrooms

Backrooms · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Nope

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

MovieHorrorMystery

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys · 2024

MovieDramaHistory

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Candyman

Candyman · 2021

MovieHorrorThriller

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Keanu

MovieActionComedy

Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.

Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

Last Looks

Last Looks · 2022

MovieActionCrime

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.

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Backrooms

Backrooms · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Additional Editing

Nope

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

Editor

MovieHorrorMystery

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Editor

Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys · 2024

MovieDramaHistory

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Editor

Candyman

Candyman · 2021

MovieHorrorThriller

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Thanks

Keanu

MovieActionComedy

Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.

Editor

Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

Editor

Last Looks

Last Looks · 2022

MovieActionCrime

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.

Editor

There's Someone Inside Your House

There's Someone Inside Your House · 2021

There's Someone Inside Your House

MovieHorrorMystery

As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past of her own, Makani and her friends must discover the killer's identity before they become victims themselves.

Additional Editor

Action Point

Action Point · 2018

MovieComedyDrama

A daredevil designs and operates his own theme park with his friends.

Editor

Embers

MovieDramaScience Fiction

After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.

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FruitHead

FruitHead · 2025

MovieHorrorComedy

FruitHead explores the sinister backstory of Gushers commercial origins, uncovering a new side to the story that has never been seen before.

Editor

Oh My Soul

Oh My Soul · 2009

Abigail is a young woman in her twenties who has recently lost her parents and moved to Chicago to share an apartment with her estranged aunt, to whom she pays rent and rarely speaks. She is troubled by sleeplessness and nocturnal visits from apparitions. When her aunt suddenly dies, the distinction between reality and dream dissolves. The only person who understands her is Hector, a young man from Colombia with a fatal illness who's lost all hope and just needs a place to stay.

Director of Photography

Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai · 2018

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.

Editor

Teachers

Teachers · 2016

Written by and starring acclaimed comedy troupe The Katydids, Teachers shows their hilariously warped perspective as six elementary school teachers trying to mold young minds, even though their own lives aren’t really together.

Editor

Key & Peele

Key & Peele · 2012

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key and Peele in front of a live studio audience.

Editor

Drunk History

Drunk History · 2013

SeriesComedyTalk

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Editor

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone · 2019

The Twilight Zone

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.

Editor

Brockmire

Brockmire · 2017

SeriesComedyDrama

A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.

Editor

Whiskey Cavalier

Whiskey Cavalier · 2019

Whiskey Cavalier

SeriesDramaComedy

Following an emotional breakup, tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”) is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny and heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.

Editor

Colin in Black and White

Colin in Black and White · 2021

Colin in Black and White

The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.

Editor

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Jean-Claude Van Johnson · 2016

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably.

Editor

Comrade Detective

Comrade Detective · 2017

Comrade Detective

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

In the 1980s, millions of Romanians tuned in to Comrade Detective, a gritty, sexy, communist buddy cop show that has now been digitally remastered and dubbed into English for the first time.

Editor

Witness

Witness · 2012

SeriesDocumentary

Drug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Follow our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones, see what compels them and experience why, when everyone else seeks cover, the photojournalist stands and moves closer.

Editor