---
name: "Brian A. Kates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-a-kates"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "14 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:13:38.013433+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."
---

# Brian A. Kates

Editor. Born 14 July 1972 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 14 July 1972, New York City
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $38m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40568703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19759

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88), [*The Plot Against America*](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Killing Them Softly*](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md) (68)

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## Biography

Brian A. Kates is a film and television editor. Born on 14 July 1972 in New York City, he studied film production, cinema studies and Judaic studies at New York University. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Kates edited the films *Killing Them Softly* (2012), *The Savages* (2007) and *Shortbus* (2006). His television credits include episodes of *Succession* (2018) and *The Plot Against America* (2020), and the pilot of *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017). He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Plot Against America* (2020), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (2025), Editor
- *It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley* (2025), Editor, Executive Producer
- *Hold Your Breath* (2024), Editor
- *Love Machina* (2024), Supervising Editor
- *Saint X* (2023), series, Editor
- *Israelism* (2023), Executive Producer
- *All the Beauty and the Bloodshed* (2022), Editor
- *Fire Island* (2022), Editor
- *The Plot Against America* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md)
- *Living with Yourself* (2019), series, Editor
- *Private Life* (2018), Editor
- *We the Animals* (2018), Editor
- *Succession* (2018), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *How to Talk to Girls at Parties* (2017), Editor
- *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), series, Editor
- *Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer* (2016), Editor
- *Do I Sound Gay?* (2015), Additional Editor
- *Bessie* (2015), Editor
- *Kill the Messenger* (2014), Editor
- *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), Editor
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *A Bag of Hammers* (2011), Editor
- *Jack Goes Boating* (2010), Editor
- *The Big C* (2010), series, Editor
- *Last Address* (2010), Editor
- *Taking Chance* (2009), Second Film Editor
- *Nights in Rodanthe* (2008), Editor
- *The Savages* (2007), Editor
- *Shortbus* (2006), Editor
- *Shadowboxer* (2005), Editor, Music Editor
- *Lackawanna Blues* (2005), Editor
- *The Woodsman* (2004), Editor, Music Editor
- *The Laramie Project* (2002), Editor
- *Independent Lens* (1999), series, Editor
- *Trick* (1999), Editor, Music Editor
- *Tree Shade* (1998), Editor
- *Eye of God* (1997), Assistant Editor
- *Latin Boys Go to Hell* (1997), Editor
- *Hidden in America* (1996), Assistant Editor
- *Girls Town* (1996), Associate Editor, Post Production Coordinator
- *Stonewall* (1995), as Rioter (uncredited)
- *Safe* (1995), Assistant Editor, Post Production Supervisor

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