Michael Kahn

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-12-08 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Michael Kahn

Biography

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 ...

Production

2005

2002

1993

Jurassic Park

as Editor

1993

2004

The Terminal

as Editor

1982

Poltergeist

as Editor

2005

Munich

as Editor

2002

1996

Twister

as Editor

1998

1985

1991

Hook

as Editor

1991

Toy Soldiers

as Editor

1987

2000

2003

Peter Pan

as Editor

1987

1989

Always

as Editor

1979

1941

as Editor

1990

Arachnophobia

as Editor

1997

Amistad

as Editor

1999

The Haunting

as Editor

1993

Alive

as Editor

1985

The Goonies

as Editor

1995

Casper

as Editor

2012

Lincoln

as Editor

2011

War Horse

as Editor

2022

The Fabelmans

as Editor

1986

Wisdom

as Editor

1975

1972

1978

Ice Castles

as Editor

1980

Used Cars

as Editor

1974

Truck Turner

as Editor

2006

2015

2016

The BFG

as Editor

1974

2001

Shrek

as Thanks

1998

Antz

as Thanks

1975

2018

1974

1972

Rage

as Editor

1971

Touch Me

as Editor

1978

1972

Trouble Man

as Editor

2017

The Post

as Editor

2000

Chicken Run

as Thanks

2014

Seventh Son

as Editor

1969

The Activist

as Editor

1984

1974

1974

1974

1976

Zebra Force

as Editor

1983

1970

Night Slaves

as Editor

1976

Hot Potato

as Additional Editor

2021

2026

The Dish

as Editor

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