---
name: "Adam Gerstel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-gerstel"
fi1m_id: "adam-gerstel"
imdb_id: "nm1159034"
tmdb_id: 1335209
wikidata_id: "Q28021310"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:14:27.238094+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Gerstel

## Identity

Adam Gerstel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-gerstel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-gerstel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1159034
- **TMDB ID:** 1335209
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28021310
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28021310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335209

Editor. Born 20 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 July 1983, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jon Favreau](https://film.one/person/jon-favreau.md), [Peyton Reed](https://film.one/person/peyton-reed.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 54 (3), 2020s 56 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 55 to 55 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Family 2, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,782m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28021310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335209

## Coming up

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027-05-26), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Mandalorian*](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md) (76), [*Lilo & Stitch*](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md) (58), [*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md) (54), [*The Lion King*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md) (52)
- **Apple TV:** [*Transformers: The Last Knight*](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md) (34)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Gerstel is an American film editor. He was born on 20 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California.

He began his career in visual effects editing and digital artistry on films including *The Aviator* (2004), *The Departed* (2006) and *Shutter Island* (2010). He later worked as a visual effects editor on *Real Steel* (2011) and as previs editor on *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013).

Gerstel has edited or co-edited several major productions, including *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), *The Lion King* (2019), *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023) and *Lilo & Stitch* (2025). He edited two episodes of the second season of *The Mandalorian* (2020), for which he received an Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Fi1m 52, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Fi1m 34, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027), Editor
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *Bravetown* (2015), Editor
- *Choose* (2011), Editor
- *Eat Pray Love* (2010), Visual Effects Editor
- *The Aviator* (2004), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)

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