Top 100 Greatest Film Editors of All Time

1. Thelma Schoonmaker

Editor | The Departed

Thelma Schoonmaker was born on January 3, 1940 in Algiers, Algeria. She is an editor and producer, known for The Departed (2006), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and The Irishman (2019). She was previously married to Michael Powell.

2. Michael Kahn

Editor | West Side Story

Michael Kahn was born on December 8, 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for West Side Story (2021), Jurassic Park (1993) and Minority Report (2002).

3. Daniel Mandell

Editor | The Apartment

Thrice Oscar-winning editor Daniel Mandell started out in show business as one of "The Flying Mandells" with Ringling Brothers Circus. He then turned his acrobatic skills to performing on the vaudeville circuit. Following service with the Marines in World War I and subsequently taking part in the ...

4. William Reynolds

Editor | The Sound of Music

New York-born William Reynolds was a self-effacing editor with a distinguished sixty-year career in the motion picture industry, noted for his unobtrusive, seamless work on movies of every genre, from romantic melodramas to gangster films. A graduate of Princeton University, he started in the ...

5. Ralph Dawson

Editor | The Adventures of Robin Hood

Ralph Dawson was born on April 18, 1897 in Westboro, Massachusetts, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Anthony Adverse (1936) and The High and the Mighty (1954). He died on November 15, 1962 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

6. William A. Lyon

Editor | From Here to Eternity

William A. Lyon was born on January 21, 1903 in Texas, USA. He was an editor, known for From Here to Eternity (1953), The Caine Mutiny (1954) and Picnic (1955). He died on March 18, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

7. Harold F. Kress

Editor | The Towering Inferno

Educated at UCLA, Harold F. Kress entered the film business in the late 1930s as an editor. Although he directed a few documentaries and made a stab at directing features, his real niche was as an editor, and he became one of the most respected editors in the industry, winning an Academy Award for ...

8. Ralph E. Winters

Editor | Ben-Hur

Ralph Winters and his wife Teddy have five grandchildren. He is a two-time Academy Award-winning editor, an incredibly intelligent, kind, unique and loving man who began using a computer when in his 90s and lived to see the publication of his memoirs, "Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film ...

9. Barbara McLean

Editor | All About Eve

Ms. McLean was a pioneering female film editor for 20th Century Fox. She began her Hollywood career in the 1930s and earned her first film credit for editing The Affairs of Cellini (1934). She joined Fox in 1935 as one of only eight female film editors working in Hollywood in the 1930s. She became ...

10. Joe Hutshing

Editor | JFK

Joe Hutshing can definitely be included among the greatest film editors of all time due not only to his impressive resume with works from directors like Oliver Stone, Cameron Crowe and Nancy Meyers but also due to his innovative techniques and amazing eye for details in order to compose a great ...

11. Pietro Scalia

Editor | Gladiator

Though he's cut celluloid for some of the best in the business, chances are many film lovers wouldn't even recognize the name Pietro Scalia in a lineup of Hollywood's best film editors. Born in Sicily in 1960, Scalia resided in Switzerland before heading to Los Angeles to continue his education. ...

12. Walter Murch

Sound_department | The English Patient

Walter Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppola's film The Rain People (1969). He edited sound on American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather Part II (1974), won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974), won his first Oscar for Apocalypse...

13. Conrad A. Nervig

Editor | King Solomon's Mines

Conrad Nervig had the distinction of being the first-ever recipient of an Academy Award for best editing. This was for Eskimo (1933), a drama shot in semi-documentary style by outdoor and action specialist W.S. Van Dyke in the northernmost inhabited settlement in Alaska. The entire dialogue was in ...

14. Gene Milford

Editor | On the Waterfront

Gene Milford was born on January 19, 1902 in Lamar, Colorado, USA. She was an editor and director, known for On the Waterfront (1954), Lost Horizon (1937) and Wait Until Dark (1967). She was married to Dorothy Hunter. She died on December 23, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

15. Arthur Schmidt

Editor | Forrest Gump

Arthur Robert "Artie" Schmidt began in films as assistant editor to Dede Allen and Jim Clark. His father, Arthur P. Schmidt, had also been a distinguished veteran in the field of film editing, acclaimed for his collaborations with Billy Wilder on masterpieces like Sunset Blvd. (1950) and Some Like ...

16. Angus Wall

Game of Thrones

Angus Wall graduated from Bowdoin College in 1988. In 1992, he and Linda Carlson started the firm Rock Paper Scissors, which has become "a respected West Hollywood creative editorial house known for its commercial work for such clients as BMW, HP, and Nike."

Angus is a film editor who has won the ...

17. Kirk Baxter

Editor | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Kirk Baxter was born in 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an editor and producer, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Social Network (2010) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).

18. Fredric Steinkamp

Editor | Out of Africa

Fredric Steinkamp was born on August 22, 1928. He was an editor and producer, known for Out of Africa (1985), Tootsie (1982) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). He died on February 20, 2002 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

19. Anne V. Coates

Editor | Lawrence of Arabia

After harrowing experiences as a nurse at Sir Archibald McIndoe's pioneering plastic surgery hospital in East Grinstead, Anne Coates started to fulfil her long-held ambition to be a film director with a company called Religious Films. The work consisted of patching up prints of devotional shorts ...

20. William Goldenberg

Editor | Argo

William Goldenberg was born on November 2, 1959 in the USA. He is an editor and director, known for Argo (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Miami Vice (2006).

21. Harry Gerstad

Editorial_department | High Noon

American film editor who occasionally directed, but won Oscars in his primary field. The son of Harry W. Gerstad, silent film cinematographer, Harry Donald Gerstad grew up in Hollywood. In his late teenage years he got work as a laboratory assistant at Hal Roach Studios, then Warner Bros., and ...

22. Paul Weatherwax

Editor | The Naked City

Paul Weatherwax was born on July 8, 1900 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Naked City (1948), Exclusive (1937) and Men on Call (1930). He died on September 13, 1960 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

23. Anne Bauchens

Editor | The Ten Commandments

Anne Bauchens was a pioneering film editor who had a long-standing partnership with director Cecil B. DeMille. In fact, she first edited a DeMille film in 1915 and then edited all of his films for 38 years, beginning with We Can't Have Everything (1918) and ending with The Ten Commandments (1956). ...

24. James E. Newcom

Editorial_department | Gone with the Wind

James E. Newcom was born on August 29, 1905 in Wayne, Indiana, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Rebecca (1940). He died on October 6, 1990 in San Diego, California, USA.

25. William Hornbeck

Editor | It's a Wonderful Life

American motion picture editor, who, in 1977, was voted by 100 of his peers as the best his profession had ever produced. Hornbeck began his distinguished career in the industry, aged fourteen, as a film winder with the New York Motion Picture Company on 42nd Street and Broadway. In 1916, he joined ...

26. Frank P. Keller

Editor | Bullitt

Frank P. Keller was born on February 4, 1913 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor, known for Bullitt (1968), The Hot Rock (1972) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He died on December 25, 1977 in Hollywood, California, USA.

27. Daniel P. Hanley

Editor | Rush

Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor. His career spans three decades in film editing, starting from the early 1980's. He started his career with the TV series, Laverne & Shirley (1976) in the year 1980. Some of his notable work include Parenthood (1989), Problem Child (1990), Apollo 13 (...

28. Mike Hill

Editor | Rush

Mike Hill was born in 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Rush (2013), Frost/Nixon (2008) and Apollo 13 (1995). He was married to LeAnne Hill. He died on January 5, 2023 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

29. Frederic Knudtson

Editor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Frederic Knudtson was born on April 9, 1906 in Apple Creek, North Dakota, USA. He was an editor, known for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Inherit the Wind (1960). He died on February 15, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

30. Gerry Hambling

Editor | Mississippi Burning

Gerry Hambling was born on June 14, 1926 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Mississippi Burning (1988), Midnight Express (1978) and Evita (1996). He was married to Margaret Speakman. He died on February 5, 2013 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

31. Gene Havlick

Editor | You Can't Take It with You

Gene Havlick was born on March 16, 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. She was an editor, known for You Can't Take It with You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and Lost Horizon (1937). She died on May 11, 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.

32. Hal C. Kern

Editorial_department | Gone with the Wind

Hal C. Kern was born on July 14, 1894 in Anaconda, Montana, USA. He was an editor, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940) and Spellbound (1945). He died on February 24, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

33. George Amy

Editor | Air Force

Starting as a film editor at age 17, George Amy found his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace. He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and ...

34. Charles Nelson

Editor | Gilda

Charles Nelson was born on April 15, 1901 in Sweden. He was an editor, known for Gilda (1946), The Big Heat (1953) and Picnic (1955). He died on January 19, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Gerald B. Greenberg

Editor | The French Connection

Gerald B. Greenberg was born on July 29, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor, known for The French Connection (1971), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). He died on December 22, 2017 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

36. Peter Zinner

Editor | The Deer Hunter

Peter Zinner was born on July 24, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. He was an editor and producer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and The Godfather (1972). He was married to Christa Zinner. He died on November 13, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

37. John Bloom

Editor | Gandhi

Londoner John Bloom was born on September 12th 1935, the younger brother of the actress Claire Bloom. He began his film career as a script reader in the story department at Pinewood studios but became interested in film editing, starting out as assistant to John Trumper on Heart of a Child (1958). ...

38. Lisa Fruchtman

Editor | The Right Stuff

Lisa Fruchtman is known for The Right Stuff (1983), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather Part III (1990).

39. Joel Cox

Editor | Unforgiven

Joel Cox was born in 1942 and his film career began at a very early age

• appearing before the cameras, in fact - as a baby in the film 'Random

40. Stephen Mirrione

Editor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Stephen Mirrione was born on February 17, 1969 in Santa Clara County, California, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Traffic (2000) and Babel (2006).

41. Christopher Rouse

Editor | The Bourne Ultimatum

Christopher Rouse was born on November 28, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an editor and writer, known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Captain Phillips (2013) and United 93 (2006).

42. Lee Smith

Editor | Inception

Lee Smith was born in 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an editor, known for Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and 1917 (2019). He is married to Kimberly.

43. Joe Walker

Editor | Dune

In 2022, British film editor Joe Walker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Dune. Walker is also a two-time Academy Award nominee and a three-time BAFTA nominee for his work on the films 12 Years a Slave, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Walker was nominated for the Evening ...

44. Al Clark

Editor | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Al Clark was born on September 15, 1902 in Illinois, USA. He was an editor, known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Awful Truth (1937) and All the King's Men (1949). He died on July 13, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

45. Robert Kern

Editor | The Thin Man

Robert Kern was born on March 29, 1885 in Wilton Junction [now Wilton], Iowa, USA. He was an editor, known for The Thin Man (1934), National Velvet (1944) and David Copperfield (1935). He was married to Ruth Eleanor. He died on May 30, 1972 in Orange, California, USA.

46. Robert Parrish

Director | Casino Royale

Robert Parrish was an Academy Award-winning film editor who also directed and acted in movies. As a child he appeared in films during the early 1930s, such as City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). As an editor he won an Academy Award for ...

47. Elmo Williams

Editor | High Noon

Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England. ...

48. John D. Dunning

Editor | Ben-Hur

John D. Dunning was born on May 5, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Ben-Hur (1959), Battleground (1949) and Betrayed (1954). He died on February 25, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

49. Adrienne Fazan

Editor | An American in Paris

Adrienne Fazan was born on May 9, 1906 in Germany. She was an editor, known for An American in Paris (1951), Gigi (1958) and Singin' in the Rain (1952). She died on August 23, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

50. Gene Ruggiero

Editor | Around the World in Eighty Days

Gene Ruggiero was born on June 20, 1910 in North Hempstead, New York, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and Ninotchka (1939). He died on February 19, 2002 in Ogden, Utah, USA.

51. Cotton Warburton

Editor | Mary Poppins

Cotton Warburton is the great great uncle of author and filmmaker Dustin Warburton. Irvine "Cotton" Warburton (born October 8, 1911 in San Diego and died April 21, 1982 in Culver City, CA) was an All-American college quarterback (1933) who became a film editor; he won an Academy Award for his work ...

52. Hal Ashby

Editor | In the Heat of the Night

Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of ...

53. Verna Fields

Editor | Jaws

Verna Fields was born on March 21, 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an editor, known for Jaws (1975), American Graffiti (1973) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). She was married to Sam Fields. She died on November 30, 1982 in Encino, California, USA.

54. Marcia Lucas

Editor | Star Wars

Marcia Lucas was born on October 4, 1945 in Modesto, California, USA. She is an editor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), American Graffiti (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976). She was previously married to Tom Rodrigues, George Lucas and George Michael Cooper.

55. Richard Chew

Editor | Star Wars

Richard Chew was born on June 28, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Conversation (1974). He is married to Liv Torgerson. He was previously married to Barbara ...

56. Stu Linder

Editor | Rain Man

Academy Award winner film editor and also recipient of the Eddie award from the American Cinema Editors, Stu Linder is best remembered for his editing in several films from director Barry Levinson.

Stewart Bridgewater Linder was born on November 8, 1931 in Geneva, Illinois. He began his career as ...

57. Alan Heim

Editor | All That Jazz

Alan Heim was born on May 21, 1936 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is an editor, known for All That Jazz (1979), Network (1976) and American History X (1998).

58. Jim Clark

Editor | The Mission

Jim Clark was born on May 24, 1931 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for The Mission (1986), The Killing Fields (1984) and Marathon Man (1976). He was married to Laurence Méry-Clark and Jessica Andrew. He died on February 25, 2016 in the UK.

59. Thom Noble

Editor | Witness

Thom Noble was born and raised in London. Educated at Westminster School. He began his professional career in the world of book publishing, then moving to the story department of Pinewood studios. Here he became interested in film editing and in the early1960s worked on several British films as an ...

60. Paul Hirsch

Editor | Star Wars

Paul Hirsch, A.C.E. has edited over 40 films, among them the first "Star Wars" written and directed by George Lucas, for which he received an Academy Award in 1978, and "The Empire Strikes Back"; 11 films for Brian De Palma, including "Carrie", "Blowout" and "Mission: Impossible"; four for Herbert ...

61. Conrad Buff IV

Editor | Titanic

Conrad Buff IV was born on July 8, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an editor, known for Titanic (1997), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and The Abyss (1989).

62. Richard A. Harris

Editor | Titanic

Richard A. Harris was born on February 6, 1934 in New York, USA. He is an editor and director, known for Titanic (1997), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994).

63. Claire Simpson

Editor | The Constant Gardener

Claire Simpson is known for The Constant Gardener (2005), Platoon (1986) and The Last Duel (2021).

64. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

65. John Gilbert

Editor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Film editor John Gilbert won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Film Editing for his work on Mel Gibson's 2016 war drama Hacksaw Ridge. A native of New Zealand, Gilbert has edited 23 feature films including Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which garnered him the...

66. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

67. Michael McCusker

Editor | Ford v Ferrari

Michael McCusker is known for Ford v Ferrari (2019), Logan (2017) and Walk the Line (2005).

68. Tom Cross

Editor | Whiplash

American film editor Tom Cross, A.C.E., began his career in 1997 as an assistant editor on diverse projects such as We Own the Night, Crazy Heart and the Primetime Emmy Award-Winning drama series Deadwood. He came to worldwide prominence in 2015 when he won the Academy Award for Best Editing, the ...

69. Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Editor | Sound of Metal

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen was born on July 19, 1973 in Århus, Denmark. He is an editor and director, known for Sound of Metal (2019), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and Beasts of No Nation (2015).

70. Warren Low

Editor | The Letter

Warren Low was born on August 12, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor, known for The Letter (1940), True Grit (1969) and The Rose Tattoo (1955). He died on July 27, 1989 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

71. Dorothy Spencer

Editor | Stagecoach

Four-time Oscar nominee Dorothy Spencer was one of the versatile stalwarts of the Hollywood studio system. She began her career as a cutter with Fox and subsequently enjoyed a close collaboration with the independent producer Walter Wanger at Paramount (1936) and United Artists (1937-41). Her ...

72. Michael Luciano

Editor | The Dirty Dozen

Michael Luciano was born on May 2, 1909 in Mcadoo, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Longest Yard (1974) and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). He died on September 15, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

73. Richard Marks

Editor | As Good as It Gets

Richard Marks was born on November 10, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for As Good as It Gets (1997), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Dick Tracy (1990). He was married to Barbara Marks. He died on December 31, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

74. William Holmes

Editor | Sergeant York

William Holmes was born on February 23, 1904 in Illinois, USA. He was an editor, known for Sergeant York (1941), Dark Victory (1939) and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932). He was married to Ova T.. He died on February 2, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

75. Francis D. Lyon

Editorial_department | Body and Soul

Although born in North Dakota, Francis D. Lyon's film career began in England as an editor on several prestigious J. Arthur Rank productions. Coming to Hollywood, he worked as an editor or supervising editor on numerous films, and won an Academy Award for editing Body and Soul (1947). Turning to ...

76. Peter Taylor

Editor | The Bridge on the River Kwai

Peter Taylor was born on February 28, 1922 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an editor, known for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Third Man (1949) and Summertime (1955). He was married to Elizabeth Holden and Franca Silvi. He died on December 17, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

77. Thomas Stanford

Editor | West Side Story

Thomas Stanford was born in 1924 in Germany. He was an editor, known for West Side Story (1961), Jeremiah Johnson (1972) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). He died on December 23, 2017 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

78. Frank Santillo

Editor | Grand Prix

Frank Santillo was born on October 8, 1912 in New Mexico, USA. He was an editor, known for Grand Prix (1966), The Catered Affair (1956) and Ride the High Country (1962). He died on June 30, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

79. Henry Berman

Editor | Grand Prix

Henry Berman was born on January 1, 1914 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Grand Prix (1966), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and Babe (1975). He died on June 12, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

80. Françoise Bonnot

Editor | Z

Françoise Bonnot was born on August 17, 1939 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. She was an editor and actress, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and The Tenant (1976). She was married to Henri Verneuil. She died on June 9, 2018 in Paris, France.

81. Hugh S. Fowler

Editor | Patton

Hugh S. Fowler was born on July 24, 1912 in Missouri, USA. He was an editor, known for Patton (1970), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Planet of the Apes (1968). He died on August 2, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

82. David Bretherton

Editor | Cabaret

David Bretherton was born on February 29, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Cabaret (1972), Westworld (1973) and Clue (1985). He died on May 11, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

83. Carl Kress

Editor | The Towering Inferno

Carl Kress is known for The Towering Inferno (1974), Bloodsport (1988) and Meteor (1979).

84. Richard Halsey

Editor | Rocky

Richard Halsey was born to be a film editor. While in junior high school at Bancroft Jr High, they needed someone to run the projectors for different classes so he volunteered in order to get out of class, so started his first experience with film. He was also in the orchestra with Ricky Nelson. ...

85. Scott Conrad

Editor | Rocky

Scott Conrad, the Academy Award-winning film editor (Rocky), began his career in 1964 at 20th Century Fox. Twenty years old at the time, he worked his way up from the mail room. In his search to discover his niche in the studio, he worked for a short time in the Publicity Department covering such ...

86. Douglas Stewart

Editor | The Right Stuff

Douglas Stewart was born on March 27, 1919 in Canada. He was an editor, known for The Right Stuff (1983), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Shootist (1976). He was married to Gloria J. Stewart. He died on March 3, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

87. Glenn Farr

Editor | The Right Stuff

Glenn Farr was born in March 1946. He was an editor, known for The Right Stuff (1983), Commando (1985) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). He died on May 25, 2023.

88. Stephen A. Rotter

Editor | The Right Stuff

Stephen A. Rotter is known for The Right Stuff (1983), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Holocaust (1978).

89. Tom Rolf

Editor | WarGames

Tom Rolf was born on December 31, 1931 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an editor, known for WarGames (1983), The Right Stuff (1983) and Taxi Driver (1976). He died on July 14, 2014 in Saint-Calais, Sarthe, France.

90. Gabriella Cristiani

Editor | The Last Emperor

Gabriella Cristiani was born in 1949 in Foggia, Puglia, Italy. She is an editor and director, known for The Last Emperor (1987), Beyond the Trek (2017) and Last Tango in Paris (1972).

91. David Brenner

Editor | Independence Day

David Brenner was born on November 3, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Independence Day (1996), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He was married to Amber Brenner. He died on February 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

92. Neil Travis

Editor | Dances with Wolves

Herbert Neil Travis was born on 12th October 1936 and studied Advertising and Theatre Arts at the University of California in his native Los Angeles. He began his career as an assistant editor at Paramount studios in his early twenties,becoming second editor on a series of television shows for Fox ...

93. Zach Staenberg

Editor | The Matrix

Zach Staenberg was born in 1954 in the USA. He is an editor and producer, known for The Matrix (1999), In Time (2011) and Ender's Game (2013).

94. Martin Walsh

Editor | Chicago

Martin Walsh was born on November 8, 1955 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an editor, known for Chicago (2002), V for Vendetta (2005) and Tetris (2023).

95. Jamie Selkirk

Editor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Jamie Selkirk is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), King Kong (2005) and Heavenly Creatures (1994).

96. Hughes Winborne

Editor | Crash

Hughes Winborne is known for Crash (2004), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Ghost in the Shell (2017).

97. Chris Dickens

Editor | Slumdog Millionaire

Chris Dickens is known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Les Misérables (2012) and Rocketman (2019).

98. Bob Murawski

Editor | The Hurt Locker

Bob Murawski was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in the northeast "Thumb" area of the state. Murawski was the valedictorian at his high school in Bad Axe, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University with a major in Telecommunications. Soon after graduating, Murawski interned with ...

99. Chris Innis

Editor | The Hurt Locker

Academy-Award winning film editor Chris Innis, ACE, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in film studies, and received an MFA in live action filmmaking from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the creative arts school founded by Walt Disney. Innis won the 2010 ...

100. Mark Sanger

Editor | Jurassic World Dominion

Mark Sanger was born on January 13, 1974 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an editor, known for Jurassic World Dominion (2022), Gravity (2013) and Joe Bell (2020). He has been married to Becky since December 1, 2002. They have one child.