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Michael Kahn

Highest Rated: 98% Schindler's List (1993)

Lowest Rated: 12% Seventh Son (2014)

Birthday: Dec 8, 1935

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

A winner of multiple Academy Awards, celebrated film editor Michael Kahn became best known for his long standing partnership with filmmaker Steven Spielberg. After cutting his teeth in television editing the popular WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" (CBS, 1965-1971) and a slew of B-movie quickies like "Black Belt Jones" (1974), Kahn picked up an Emmy Award for his work on the miniseries "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC, 1976). "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), his first collaborative effort with a young Spielberg, portended things to come and soon led to Kahn's first Oscar win for the swashbuckling adventure classic, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). His prowess on films as thematically and visually distinct as Adrian Lyne's polarizing psycho-thriller "Fatal Attraction" (1987) and Spielberg's WWII drama "Empire of the Sun" (1987) each earned Kahn an Oscar nomination that same year. Second and third Academy statuettes were picked up by the editor for a pair of WWII-centric masterpieces - the harrowing "Schindler's List" (1993) and the visceral "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), respectively. Alongside Spielberg, he continued to work at the forefront of technology and craft in films as diverse as "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011) and the presidential biopic "Lincoln" (2012). Although one of the most Oscar-nominated film editors in history, the prolific and seemingly tireless Kahn showed no signs of slowing, some 50-plus years into his astonishing career.

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Highest rated movies

98% 97% Schindler's List
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96% 89% Catch Me if You Can
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94% 95% Saving Private Ryan Watchlist 93% 96% Raiders of the Lost Ark Watchlist
93% 55% Arachnophobia
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91% 93% West Side Story Watchlist 91% 87% Bridge of Spies Watchlist 91% 91% Jurassic Park Watchlist 90% 85% Close Encounters of the Third Kind Watchlist
90% 80% Lincoln
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Filmography

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Credit
91% 93% West Side Story Film Editing $38.5M 2021
71% 77% Ready Player One Film Editing $137.0M 2018
88% 74% The Post Film Editing $81.4M 2017
74% 57% The BFG Film Editing $55.5M 2016
91% 87% Bridge of Spies Film Editing $72.3M 2015
12% 34% Seventh Son Film Editing $17.2M 2014
90% 80% Lincoln Film Editing $182.2M 2012
74% 74% War Horse Film Editing $79.9M 2011
75% 74% The Adventures of Tintin Film Editing $77.6M 2011
32% 54% Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Film Editing $241.1M 2011
No Score Yet 100% The Adventures of Tintin Film Editing - 2011
37% 58% Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Film Editing $90.8M 2010
77% 53% Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Film Editing $317.0M 2008
81% 63% The Spiderwick Chronicles Film Editing $71.1M 2008
64% 65% 10 Items or Less Film Editor $81.4K 2006
78% 83% Munich Film Editing $47.4M 2005
76% 42% War of the Worlds Film Editing $234.3M 2005
61% 73% The Terminal Film Editing $77.0M 2004
77% 74% Peter Pan Film Editing $48.4M 2003
24% 44% Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Film Editing $65.7M 2003
96% 89% Catch Me if You Can Film Editing $164.4M 2002
89% 80% Minority Report Film Editing $132.0M 2002
76% 64% A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Film Editing $78.6M 2001
25% 27% Reindeer Games Film Editing $23.4M 2000
17% 28% The Haunting Film Editing $91.2M 1999
94% 95% Saving Private Ryan Film Editing - 1998
78% 79% Amistad Film Editing - 1997
53% 51% The Lost World: Jurassic Park Film Editing $229.1M 1997
66% 58% Twister Film Editing $241.7M 1996
52% 50% Casper Film Editor $100.3M 1995
62% 68% Alive Film Editing $36.3M 1993
98% 97% Schindler's List Film Editing $96.6M 1993
91% 91% Jurassic Park Film Editing $415.3M 1993
29% 76% Hook Film Editing $116.3M 1991
93% 55% Arachnophobia Film Editing $53.2M 1990
70% 58% Always Film Editing - 1989
84% 94% Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Film Editing $195.1M 1989
74% 72% Fatal Attraction Film Editing $154.0M 1987
77% 90% Empire of the Sun Film Editing $22.0M 1987
No Score Yet 49% Wisdom Film Editing $5.7M 1986
73% 94% The Color Purple Film Editing $93.4M 1985
77% 91% The Goonies Film Editing $935.0K 1985
54% 63% Falling in Love Film Editing - 1984
77% 82% Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Film Editing - 1984
59% 55% Twilight Zone: The Movie Film Editing - 1983
88% 79% Poltergeist Film Editing $121.8M 1982
93% 96% Raiders of the Lost Ark Film Editing $248.2M 1981
39% 48% 1941 Associate Producer,
Film Editing
- 1979
44% 69% Ice Castles Film Editing - 1979
61% 43% Eyes of Laura Mars Film Editing - 1978
90% 85% Close Encounters of the Third Kind Film Editing $3.1M 1977
33% 36% The Ultimate Warrior Film Editing - 1975
17% 34% The Devil's Rain Film Editing - 1975
No Score Yet 89% Golden Needles Film Editing - 1974
60% 73% Truck Turner Film Editing - 1974
No Score Yet 91% Buster and Billie Film Editing - 1974