Richard Mettler, a film editor whose credits included Anthropoid (2016) starring Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy and the 2025 historical drama Desert Warrior starring Anthony Mackie, died June 1 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City following an eight-year battle with cancer. He was 56.
After beginning his career editing music videos, including, in 2013, “Mine” by Beyoncé featuring Drake, Mettler pivoted to feature films, including, that same year, Metro Manila, an independent crime drama that won the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award. The project was the start of a long-standing partnership with filmmaker Sean Ellis.
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