Editing David Stratton (section)

{{Short description|English-Australian film critic (b. 1939)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}
| name               = David Stratton
| image              = David Stratton.jpg
| caption            = Stratton in 2012
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1939}}
| birth_place        = [[Trowbridge]], [[Wiltshire]], England
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| occupation         = {{hlist|Film critic|journalist|interviewer|television presenter}}
| known_for          = {{unbulleted list|''[[The Movie Show]]''|''[[At the Movies (Australian TV program)|At the Movies]]''|''[[The Weekend Australian]]'' film reviews}}
| spouse             = Susie Craig
| children           = 2
}}

'''David James Stratton''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 1939) is an English-Australian [[film critic]] and [[history of film|historian]]. He has also worked as a [[journalist]], interviewer, educator, television personality, and producer. His career as a film critic, writer, and educator in Australia spanned 57 years, until his retirement in December 2023. 

Stratton's media career included presenting film review shows on television with [[Margaret Pomeranz]] for 28 years, writing film reviews for ''[[The Weekend Australian]]'' for 33 years, and lecturing in film history for 35 years.