---
name: "Craig McKay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-mckay"
fi1m_id: "craig-mckay"
imdb_id: "nm0570947"
tmdb_id: 4869
wikidata_id: "Q1138607"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T02:24:30.569970+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."
---

# Craig McKay

## Identity

Craig McKay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/craig-mckay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** craig-mckay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0570947
- **TMDB ID:** 4869
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1138607
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_McKay_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4869

Editor. Born 1 January 2000 in Hudson Valley.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Hudson Valley
- **Active:** 1981–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonathan Demme](https://film.one/person/jonathan-demme.md), [Edward Saxon](https://film.one/person/edward-saxon.md), [Kenneth Utt](https://film.one/person/kenneth-utt.md), [Melanie Griffith](https://film.one/person/melanie-griffith.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 68 (4), 2000s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $717m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_McKay_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4869

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Silence of the Lambs*](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md) (91), [*Reds*](https://film.one/film/reds.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Something Wild*](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Craig McKay is an American film editor. He began his career as an assistant editor and later worked with Dede Allen on several projects. He has edited more than forty feature films and received two Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, for *Reds* (1981, shared with Allen) and *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991).

McKay collaborated frequently with director Jonathan Demme, editing seven of his films including *Melvin and Howard* (1980), *The Silence of the Lambs* and *Philadelphia* (1993). Other notable credits include *Cop Land* (1997), *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004) and *Maid in Manhattan* (2002). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the 1978 miniseries *Holocaust* and has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute.

McKay is a member of the American Cinema Editors and has also worked as a producer and director.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *K-PAX* (2001), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/k-pax.md)
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Philadelphia* (1993), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Something Wild* (1986), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)
- *Reds* (1981), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *The Curse of Downers Grove* (2015), Editor
- *Tricked: The Documentary* (2013), Editor
- *Ain't Them Bodies Saints* (2013), Editor
- *Europa Report* (2013), Editor
- *The Conspirator* (2011), Editor
- *Life in Flight* (2010), Editor
- *The Whistleblower* (2010), Consulting Editor
- *Carriers* (2009), Editor
- *Sin Nombre* (2009), Editor
- *Awake* (2007), Editor
- *Everything Is Illuminated* (2005), Editor
- *Bobby McFerrin: Try This at Home* (2005), Producer
- *Surviving Christmas* (2004), Editor
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004), Editor
- *Maid in Manhattan* (2002), Editor
- *K-PAX* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/k-pax.md)
- *Blue Moon* (2000), Editor
- *A Map of the World* (1999), Editor
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Additional Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Return to Paradise* (1998), Editor
- *Cop Land* (1997), Editor
- *Subway Stories* (1997), Director
- *Some Mother's Son* (1996), Editor
- *Philadelphia* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)
- *Mad Dog and Glory* (1993), Editor
- *Shining Through* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Miami Blues* (1990), Editor
- *She-Devil* (1989), Editor
- *Haiti: Dreams of Democracy* (1988), Co-Producer
- *Married to the Mob* (1988), Editor
- *A Gathering of Old Men* (1987), Editor
- *Something Wild* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)
- *Doubletake* (1985), Editor
- *Private Sessions* (1985), Editor
- *Swing Shift* (1984), Editor
- *Born Beautiful* (1982), Editor
- *Reds* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *Melvin and Howard* (1980), Editor
- *Death Penalty* (1980), Editor
- *How to Pick Up Girls!* (1978), Editor
- *Thieves* (1977), Editor
- *Night Moves* (1975), Sound Editor
- *Free to Be… You and Me* (1974), Editor
- *Scarecrow* (1973), Associate Editor
- *The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds* (1972), Assistant Editor
- *Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?* (1971), Associate Editor
- *Puzzle of a Downfall Child* (1970), Assistant Editor
- *Mission Mars* (1968), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1992: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Silence of the Lambs*
- 1982: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Reds*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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