Editors

1. Thelma Schoonmaker

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. Lisa Lassek

Editor | The Avengers

Lisa Lassek is known for The Avengers (2012), The Cabin in the Woods (2011) and Serenity (2005).

3. Dede Allen

Editor | Dog Day Afternoon

Dede Allen started her career as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. She graduated to being a sound cutter and assistant editor. Her first job as a film editor was for director Robert Wise, and since then, she has achieved a reputation as one of the most stylish and creative editors in the American ...

4. 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.

5. Sally Menke

Editor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Sally Menke was born on December 17, 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She was married to Dean Parisot. She died on September 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

6. 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). ...

7. Jamie Gross

Editor | Game Night

Jamie Gross was born on September 2, 1983 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an editor, known for Game Night (2018), MacGruber (2010) and Booksmart (2019).

8. Mollie Goldstein

Editor | Not Okay

Mollie Goldstein is known for Not Okay (2022), Dickinson (2019) and Like Father (2018).

9. Jeffrey Wolf

Editor | Bachelorette

Jeffrey Wolf is known for Bachelorette (2012), Holes (2003) and Beautiful Girls (1996). He has been married to Jeany Nisenholz-Wolf since November 6, 1976. They have two children.

10. Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Editor | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Valdís Óskarsdóttir was born in 1950 in Akureyri, Iceland. She is an editor and director, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Celebration (1998) and King's Road (2010).

11. Stacey Schroeder

Editor | The Disaster Artist

Stacey Schroeder is known for The Disaster Artist (2017), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Cinderella (2021).

12. Daysha Broadway

Editor | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Daysha Broadway is known for Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022), The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) and Insecure (2016).

13. 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.

14. Jinmo Yang

Editor | Gisaengchung

Jinmo Yang is known for Parasite (2019), Train to Busan (2016) and Snowpiercer (2013).

15. David Lowery

Editor | A Ghost Story

David Lowery is an American writer and director. He is best known for The Green Knight (2021), Pete's Dragon (2016), A Ghost Story (2017) and Pioneer (2011). He has been making movies since he was seven years old, but his first work to be widely seen was the short film A Catalog Of Anticipations (...

Terilyn A. Shropshire is known for Eve's Bayou (1997), Love & Basketball (2000) and When They See Us (2019).

19. Jessica Hernández

Editor | The Punk Singer

Jessica Hernández is known for The Punk Singer (2013), Shining Girls (2022) and Mayans M.C. (2018).

20. Spencer Averick

Editor | 13th

Spencer Averick is known for 13th (2016), Selma (2014) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

21. Mary Jo Markey

Editor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Mary Jo Markey is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Super 8 (2011) and Star Trek (2009).

22. Maryann Brandon

Editor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Maryann Brandon is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Passengers (2016) and Super 8 (2011).

23. Dana E. Glauberman

Editor | Ahsoka

Dana E. Glauberman is known for Ahsoka (2023), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Up in the Air (2009).

24. Alisa Lepselter

Editor | Match Point

Alisa Lepselter was born in 1963. She is an editor, known for Match Point (2005), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and Midnight in Paris (2011).

25. 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 ...

26. Dorothy Arzner

Director | Christopher Strong

Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood's studio system--from the 1920s to the early 1940s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day--was born January 3, 1897 (some sources put the year as 1900), in San Francisco, California, to a ...

27. Jill Bilcock

Editor | Moulin Rouge!

Although still relatively unknown, Jill Bilcock is one of the world's leading editors, working with directing heavyweights such as Sam Mendes, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Schepisi. An award winning editor at an early age in her birthplace Australia, Jill rose through the ranks breaking through to the ...

28. Mary Sweeney

Producer | Mulholland Dr.

Mary Sweeney is a feature film director, producer, writer, and editor. She has a long history of creative collaboration with David Lynch, beginning with Blue Velvet in 1986. She edited Twin Peaks Television (1990), Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992), Hotel Room, HBO, (1993), Lost Highway (1996), ...

29. Wendy Greene Bricmont

Editor | Set It Up

Wendy Greene Bricmont is known for Set It Up (2018), Mean Girls (2004) and Kindergarten Cop (1990).

30. Sandra Adair

Editor | Boyhood

Sandra Adair is known for her work on Boyhood (2014), Bernie (2012), School of Rock (2003), and the cult classic Dazed and Confused (1993). Adair is also known for her work on the critically acclaimed 'Before' trilogy, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight. Adair made her directorial ...

31. Mako Kamitsuna

Editor | Mudbound

Mako Kamitsuna is known for Mudbound (2017), Blackhat (2015) and Tokyo Vice (2022).

32. Jennifer Lame

Editor | Tenet

Jennifer Lame is known for Tenet (2020), Oppenheimer (2023) and Marriage Story (2019).

33. Carol Littleton

Editor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Carol Littleton was born on October 23, 1942 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She is an editor, known for E.T. (1982), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Dreamcatcher (2003). She was previously married to John Bailey.

34. Margaret Sixel

Editorial_department | Mad Max: Fury Road

Margaret Sixel is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) and Happy Feet (2006). She has been married to George Miller since 1995. They have two children.

35. Dody Dorn

Editor | Memento

Dody Dorn was born on April 20, 1955 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an editor and producer, known for Memento (2000), The Abyss (1989) and Fury (2014).

36. Tatiana S. Riegel

Editor | Cruella

Tatiana S. Riegel is known for Cruella (2021), I, Tonya (2017) and The Way Way Back (2013).

37. Debbie Berman

Editor | Black Panther

Debbie Berman is most well known for her work as an Editor on 'Black Panther', which is the first super hero film ever to be nominated for several Academy Awards (including Best Picture), and winner of 3.

Debbie is one of the very few female Editors working on big budget features, and has had a ...

38. Pamela Martin

Editor | King Richard

Pamela Martin is known for King Richard (2021), Battle of the Sexes (2017) and The Fighter (2010).

39. Jennifer Lilly

Editor | The One I Love

Jennifer Lilly was born on June 5, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was an editor and director, known for The One I Love (2014), The Discovery (2017) and The Sentinel (2006). She was married to Andrew Reed. She died on December 23, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

40. Hanna Park

Editor | Shiva Baby

Hanna Park is known for Shiva Baby (2020), Bottoms (2023) and Coin Heist (2017).

41. Ariel Shaw

Editor | Heartbreak High

Ariel Shaw is known for Heartbreak High (2022), Erotic Stories (2023) and Gold Diggers (2023).

42. Annabelle Johnson

Editorial_department | Sleeping Beauty

Annabelle Johnson is known for Sleeping Beauty (2011), Little Lunch (2015) and Upper Middle Bogan (2013).