---
name: "Chris McCaleb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-mccaleb"
fi1m_id: "chris-mccaleb"
imdb_id: "nm0564604"
tmdb_id: 1483956
wikidata_id: "Q5107383"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T14:41:16.743861+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."
---

# Chris McCaleb

## Identity

Chris McCaleb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-mccaleb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-mccaleb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564604
- **TMDB ID:** 1483956
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5107383
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCaleb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1483956

Producer. Born 14 March 1978 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 March 1978, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 producing, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Terry McDonough](https://film.one/person/terry-mcdonough.md), [Vince Gilligan](https://film.one/person/vince-gilligan.md), [Ariel Levine](https://film.one/person/ariel-levine.md), [Bronwen Hughes](https://film.one/person/bronwen-hughes.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md), [Diane Mercer](https://film.one/person/diane-mercer.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (2), 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCaleb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1483956

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Breaking Bad*](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md) (91), [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)
- **AMC+:** [*Halt and Catch Fire*](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Chris McCaleb is an American film and television editor, director and producer. Born on 14 March 1978 in Evanston, Illinois, he grew up primarily in Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2000 with a degree in film production.

He is known for his editing work on the series *Breaking Bad* (2008), *Better Call Saul* (2015–2022) and *Pluribus* (2025). McCaleb has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series. He co-created the web series *Prom Queen* (2007–2012) and has worked as a director and producer on other projects.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Collateral* (2004), Fi1m 85, Post Production Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)

### Crew (4)

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Ironheart* (2025), series, Editor
- *Echo* (2024), series, as Fisk Phone Goon · Editor
- *To Leslie* (2022), Editor
- *15 Minutes at 400 Degrees* (2019), Director
- *Perpetual Grace LTD* (2019), series, Editor
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Editor, Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *BlackBoxTV Presents* (2010), series, Writer, Director
- *Casanovas* (2008), series, as Chax McMann
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Prom Queen* (2007), series, Creator
- *Collateral* (2004), Post Production Coordinator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Sunshine State* (2002), Editorial Production Assistant

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