Can AI Replace Film and Video Editors in 2026?

High exposure. AI could handle about 77% of today's film and video editors tasks by 2036, and there is a 58% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

40%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

19% 2030 · 58% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.9 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Producers and Directors33% risk by 2036 Sound Engineering Technicians44% risk by 2036 Audio and Video Technicians40% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Program computerized graphic effects".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers".Get visibly better at your human core: "Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Producers and Directors.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Producers and Directors — 33% chance of contraction by 2036
Sound Engineering Technicians — 44% chance of contraction by 2036
Audio and Video Technicians — 40% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 23 O*NET tasks for "Film and Video Editors" (SOC 27-4032.00). LLM alone: 11% of tasks; with AI tools: 94%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10