---
name: "Alan Balsam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-balsam"
fi1m_id: "alan-balsam"
imdb_id: "nm0051096"
tmdb_id: 56944
wikidata_id: "Q1245240"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "2 April 1950"
died: "13 November 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:51:19.490273+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."
---

# Alan Balsam

## Identity

Alan Balsam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-balsam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-balsam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0051096
- **TMDB ID:** 56944
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1245240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Balsam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1245240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56944

Editor. Born 2 April 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 13 November 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 2 April 1950, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 13 November 1992
- **Active:** 1984–1992
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 38 (1), 1990s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Balsam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1245240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56944

## Biography

Alan Balsam was a film editor. His credits include *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), *Better Off Dead...* (1985), *One Crazy Summer* (1986), *Harlem Nights* (1989) and *A League of Their Own* (1992), on which he worked as additional editor.

He was born in Los Angeles on 2 April 1950 and died on 13 November 1992.

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, pro.imdb.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Fi1m 80, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Car 54, Where Are You?* (1994), Editor
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Additional Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)
- *Born to Ride* (1991), Editor
- *Why Me?* (1990), Editor
- *Harlem Nights* (1989), Editor
- *Doin' Time on Planet Earth* (1988), Editor
- *One Crazy Summer* (1986), Editor
- *Better Off Dead...* (1985), Editor
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *To Be or Not to Be* (1983), Editor
- *Dead & Buried* (1981), Editor
- *Loose Shoes* (1978), Editor

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