---
name: "Alan Edward Bell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-edward-bell"
fi1m_id: "alan-edward-bell"
imdb_id: "nm0068008"
tmdb_id: 66519
wikidata_id: "Q95855736"
roles: ["First assistant editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:57:39.251151+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 Edward Bell

## Identity

Alan Edward Bell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-edward-bell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-edward-bell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0068008
- **TMDB ID:** 66519
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95855736
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Edward_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95855736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66519

First assistant editor. Born in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant editor
- **Active:** 1990–2013
- **Also known as:** Alan E. Bell, Alan Bell
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (2), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,170m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Edward_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95855736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66519

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Hunger Games: Catching Fire*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Alan Edward Bell is an American film editor. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he began his career as an assistant and associate editor, working under mentor Robert Leighton on several Rob Reiner films including *Misery* (1990) and *A Few Good Men* (1992). He advanced to lead editor on Reiner projects such as *The Story of Us* (1999) and *Alex & Emma* (2003).

Bell has edited numerous feature films, including *Little Manhattan* (2005), *(500) Days of Summer* (2009), *Water for Elephants* (2011), *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2* (2015), *The Dark Tower* (2017), *Red Sparrow* (2018) and *Where the Crawdads Sing* (2022). He is a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *A Few Good Men* (1992), Fi1m 79, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-few-good-men.md)
- *Misery* (1990), Fi1m 83, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Where the Crawdads Sing* (2022), Editor
- *Fear Street: 1666* (2021), Supervising Editor
- *Fear Street: 1978* (2021), Supervising Editor
- *Fear Street: 1994* (2021), Supervising Editor
- *Red Sparrow* (2018), Editor
- *The Dark Tower* (2017), Editor
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Editor
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Editor
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), Editor
- *Water for Elephants* (2011), Editor
- *Gulliver's Travels* (2010), Editor
- *(500) Days of Summer* (2009), Editor
- *The Comebacks* (2007), Editor
- *Hoot* (2006), Editor
- *Little Manhattan* (2005), Editor
- *Alex & Emma* (2003), Editor
- *The Anarchist Cookbook* (2002), Editor
- *Bait* (2000), Editor
- *The Story of Us* (1999), Editor
- *Ghosts of Mississippi* (1996), Associate Editor
- *The American President* (1995), Associate Editor, Post Production Supervisor
- *A Few Good Men* (1992), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-few-good-men.md)
- *Misery* (1990), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)

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