- Known For
- Editing
- Born
- December 8, 1930
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Michael Kahn
Michael Kahn (born December 8, c. 1930) is an American film editor known for his frequent collaboration with Steven Spielberg. His first collaboration with Spielberg was for his 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He has edited all of Spielberg's subsequent films except for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which was edited by Carol Littleton. Kahn has received eight Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing and has won three times—for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Schindler's List (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998), which were all Spielberg-directed films. Kahn was born to a Jewish family in New York City. While his birth year has been reported as 1935, Kahn said in 2015, when asked if he was 80, that his age at that point was "closer to 85." Kahn has edited digitally since at least Twister (1996), though he continued to edit on film with Spielberg long after m…
Filmography
movieDisclosure Day
2026 · Co-Producer
movieThe Fabelmans
2022 · Editor
movieWest Side Story
2021 · Editor
movieReady Player One
2018 · Editor
movieThe Post
2017 · Editor
movieSpielberg
2017 · Self
movieThe BFG
2016 · Editor
movieA Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016 · Self
movieBridge of Spies
2015 · Editor
movieSeventh Son
2014 · Editor
tvThe Bridge
2013 · Editor
movieLincoln
2012 · Editor
movieWar Horse
2011 · Editor
movieThe Adventures of Tintin
2011 · Editor
moviePirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Additional Editor
moviePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 · Editor
movieIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Editor
movieThe Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Editor
movie10 Items or Less
2006 · Editor
movieMunich
2005 · Editor
movieOthello
2005 · Director
movieWar of the Worlds
2005 · Editor
movieLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · Editor
movieThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Self
movieThe Terminal
2004 · Editor
moviePeter Pan
2003 · Editor
movieIndiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003 · Self
movieLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003 · Editor
movieCatch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003 · Self
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002 · Editor
movieMinority Report
2002 · Editor
movieA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Editor
movieShrek
2001 · Thanks
movieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
movieChicken Run
2000 · Thanks
movieReindeer Games
2000 · Editor
movieThe Haunting
1999 · Editor
movieAntz
1998 · Thanks
movieSaving Private Ryan
1998 · Editor
movieAmistad
1997 · Editor
movieThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Editor
movieThe Making of '1941'
1996 · Self
movieTwister
1996 · Editor
movieCasper
1995 · Editor
movieThe Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Self
movieSchindler's List
1993 · Editor
movieJurassic Park
1993 · Editor
movieAlive
1993 · Editor
movieToy Soldiers
1991 · Editor
movieHook
1991 · Editor
movieArachnophobia
1990 · Editor
movieAlways
1989 · Editor
movieIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · Editor
movieArthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 · Editor
movieEmpire of the Sun
1987 · Editor
movieFatal Attraction
1987 · Editor
movieWisdom
1986 · Editor
movieThe Color Purple
1985 · Editor
movieThe Goonies
1985 · Editor
movieFalling in Love
1984 · Editor
movieIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Editor
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Editor
movieTable for Five
1983 · Editor
moviePoltergeist
1982 · Editor
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Editor
movieUsed Cars
1980 · Editor
movie1941
1979 · Editor
movieIce Castles
1978 · Editor
movieEyes of Laura Mars
1978 · Editor
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Editor
movieThe Return of a Man Called Horse
1976 · Editor
movieThe Zebra Force
1976 · Editor
movieHot Potato
1976 · Additional Editor
tvEleanor and Franklin
1976 · Editor
movieThe Ultimate Warrior
1975 · Editor
movieBeyond the Horizon
1975 · Director
movieThe Devil’s Rain
1975 · Editor
movieThe Savage Is Loose
1974 · Editor
movieBuster and Billie
1974 · Editor
movieGolden Needles
1974 · Editor
movieTruck Turner
1974 · Editor
Goodnight Jackie
movieGoodnight Jackie
1974 · Editor
movieBlack Belt Jones
1974 · Editor
movieThe Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973 · Editor
movieRage
1972 · Editor
movieTrouble Man
1972 · Editor
movieWild in the Sky
1972 · Editor
movieTouch Me
1971 · Editor
movieNight Slaves
1970 · Editor
movieThe Activist
1969 · Editor
tvHogan's Heroes
1965 · Editor