--- name: "Alan Heim" canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-heim" fi1m_id: "alan-heim" imdb_id: "nm0374189" tmdb_id: 853 wikidata_id: "Q2544556" roles: ["Editor"] born: "21 May 1936" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_over: 9 updated: "2026-10-22T03:23:16.006962+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 Heim ## Identity Alan Heim - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-heim - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** alan-heim - **IMDb ID:** nm0374189 - **TMDB ID:** 853 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2544556 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Heim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2544556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/853 Editor. Born 21 May 1936 in The Bronx, New York, U.S.. ## Details - **Work:** Editor - **Born:** 21 May 1936, The Bronx, New York, U.S. - **Active:** 1968–2016 - **Also known as:** Allan Heim - **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 9 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Bob Fosse](https://film.one/person/bob-fosse.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 78 (2), 1970s 79 (3), 1990s 62 (2), 2000s 53 (2), 2010s 42 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 54 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 3 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Romance 2, Action 1, Family 1, Music 1 - **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $294m across 8 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Heim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2544556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/853 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*All That Jazz*](https://film.one/film/all-that-jazz.md) (84), [*American History X*](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md) (67) - **Apple TV:** [*Lenny*](https://film.one/film/lenny.md) (67) - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Adventures of Pluto Nash*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md) (32) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Alan Heim (also credited as Allan Heim) is an American film editor. Born in the Bronx, New York, he has more than thirty feature-film credits and has served as president of the American Cinema Editors and the Motion Picture Editors Guild. He collaborated extensively with director Bob Fosse and won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, as well as a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie Award, for *All That Jazz* (1979). Other notable credits include *Network* (1976), *Hair* (1979), *American History X* (1998), *The Notebook* (2004), *Alpha Dog* (2006) and *My Sister's Keeper* (2009). He received an Academy Award nomination for *Network*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) ### Performed in (1) - *All That Jazz* (1979), Fi1m 84, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-jazz.md) ### Crew (9) — the average rests on these - *I Saw the Light* (2016), Fi1m 42, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-light.md) - *The Notebook* (2004), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md) - *The Adventures of Pluto Nash* (2002), Fi1m 32, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md) - *American History X* (1998), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md) - *Dennis the Menace* (1993), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dennis-the-menace.md) - *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md) - *Lenny* (1974), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md) - *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Fi1m 73, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md) - *The Producers* (1968), Fi1m 82, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) ## Complete filmography (52) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Tree* (2020), as Mailman ("Let Us In") - *I Saw the Light* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-light.md) - *The Other Woman* (2014), Editor - *Gods Behaving Badly* (2013), Editor - *Return to Babylon* (2013), as Landlord (scenes deleted) - *Bless Me, Ultima* (2013), Editor - *Janie Jones* (2010), Editor - *My Sister's Keeper* (2009), Editor - *Grey Gardens* (2009), Editor - *The Last Mimzy* (2007), Editor - *Alpha Dog* (2006), Editor - *The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing* (2004), Executive Producer - *The Notebook* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md) - *Carolina* (2003), Editor - *The Adventures of Pluto Nash* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md) - *Bless the Child* (2000), Editor - *Introducing Dorothy Dandridge* (1999), Editor - *American History X* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md) - *Leave It to Beaver* (1997), Editor - *The Mirror Has Two Faces* (1996), as Additional Editing - *Copycat* (1995), Editor - *Dennis the Menace* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dennis-the-menace.md) - *Billy Bathgate* (1991), Editor - *Quick Change* (1990), Editor - *Valmont* (1989), Editor - *Funny Farm* (1988), Editor - *She's Having a Baby* (1988), Editor - *Nobody's Child* (1986), Editor - *Beer* (1985), Editor - *Goodbye, New York* (1985), Editor - *Star 80* (1983), Editor - *So Fine* (1981), Editor - *The Fan* (1981), Editor - *All That Jazz* (1979), as Eddie · Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-jazz.md) - *Hair* (1979), Editor - *Holocaust* (1978), series, Editor - *Network* (1976), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md) - *Love in the Hamptons* (1976), Thanks - *The Silence* (1975), Editor - *Lenny* (1974), Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md) - *Godspell* (1973), Editor - *Liza with a "Z"* (1972), Editor - *Doc* (1971), Editor - *The Twelve Chairs* (1970), Editor - *Last of the Mobile Hot Shots* (1970), Editor - *The Sea Gull* (1968), Editor - *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Sound Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md) - *The Love Song of Barney Kempinski* (1968), Sound Editor - *The Producers* (1968), Sound Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) - *Bye Bye Braverman* (1968), Sound Editor - *The Group* (1966), Sound Editor - *The Pawnbroker* (1965), Sound Editor ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated - 1980: Best Film Editing (won), for *All That Jazz* - 1977: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Network* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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