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Michael Kahn

Michael Kahn

Known For Editing
Birthday Dec 08, 1935 (90)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Feb 16, 2026
Entry Date Apr 29, 2024
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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 most editors had stopped doing so. In 2008, Kahn acknowledged that "people find it hard to believe that Steven and I still edit film on a Moviola and a KEM. [But] Steven feels film got us where we are today, and he loves the smell of it and feel of it. We started that way and both really enjoy it." George Lucas remarked, "Michael Kahn can cut faster on a Moviola than anybody can cut on an Avid." However, since The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), Kahn has edited Spielberg's films on an Avid machine. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kahn (film editor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Disclosure Day

Disclosure Day

2026

Editor

The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022

Editor

West Side Story

West Side Story

2021

Editor

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

2018

Editor

The Steve Irwin Story

The Steve Irwin Story

2018

Editor

The Post

The Post

2017

Editor

The BFG

The BFG

2016

Editor

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015

Editor

Seventh Son

Seventh Son

2014

Editor

Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

Editor

War Horse

War Horse

2011

Editor

10 Items or Less

10 Items or Less

2006

Editor

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2005

Editor

Munich

Munich

2005

Editor

The Terminal

The Terminal

2004

Editor

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

2003

Editor

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

2002

Editor

Minority Report

Minority Report

2002

Editor

Shrek

Shrek

2001

Thanks

Chicken Run

Chicken Run

2000

Thanks

Reindeer Games

Reindeer Games

2000

Editor

The Haunting

The Haunting

1999

Editor

Antz

Antz

1998

Thanks

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

1998

Editor

Amistad

Amistad

1997

Editor

Twister

Twister

1996

Editor

Casper

Casper

1995

Editor

Alive

Alive

1993

Editor

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993

Editor

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

1993

Editor

Hook

Hook

1991

Editor

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

1991

Editor

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

1990

Editor

Always

Always

1989

Editor

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

1987

Editor

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

Editor

Wisdom

Wisdom

1986

Editor

The Goonies

The Goonies

1985

Editor

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

1985

Editor

Falling in Love

Falling in Love

1984

Editor

Table for Five

Table for Five

1983

Editor

Poltergeist

Poltergeist

1982

Editor

Used Cars

Used Cars

1980

Editor

1941

1941

1979

Editor

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars

1978

Editor

Ice Castles

Ice Castles

1978

Editor

Hot Potato

Hot Potato

1976

Additional Editor

The Zebra Force

The Zebra Force

1976

Editor

The Ultimate Warrior

The Ultimate Warrior

1975

Editor

The Devil's Rain

The Devil's Rain

1975

Editor

Black Belt Jones

Black Belt Jones

1974

Editor

Buster and Billie

Buster and Billie

1974

Editor

Golden Needles

Golden Needles

1974

Editor

Truck Turner

Truck Turner

1974

Editor

The Savage Is Loose

The Savage Is Loose

1974

Editor

Goodnight Jackie

Goodnight Jackie

1974

Editor

Wild in the Sky

Wild in the Sky

1972

Editor

Rage

Rage

1972

Editor

Trouble Man

Trouble Man

1972

Editor

Night Slaves

Night Slaves

1970

Editor

The Activist

The Activist

1969

Editor

Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon

1975

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