---
name: "Dan Molina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-molina"
fi1m_id: "dan-molina"
imdb_id: "nm0007171"
tmdb_id: 40347
wikidata_id: "Q112700153"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "18 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:29:35.469105+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."
---

# Dan Molina

## Identity

Dan Molina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-molina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-molina
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007171
- **TMDB ID:** 40347
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112700153
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112700153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40347

Editor. Born 18 July 1959 in Santa Monica.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 18 July 1959, Santa Monica
- **Active:** 1982–1988
- **Frequently works with:** [Don Bluth](https://film.one/person/don-bluth.md), [Gary Goldman](https://film.one/person/gary-goldman-12881.md)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Drama 3, Family 3, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $184m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112700153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40347

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Land Before Time*](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Dan Molina is an American film editor, sound editor and voice actor. Born on 18 July 1959 in Santa Monica, he began his career in the early 1980s with assistant director work on *The Secret of NIMH* (1982) and editing and sound credits on Don Bluth animated features.

He edited *An American Tail* (1986), *The Land Before Time* (1988), *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), *The Road to El Dorado* (2000, supervising film editor) and *Chicken Little* (2005). Later credits include *Planes: Fire & Rescue* (2014), *Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return* (2014) and episodes of *Monsters at Work* (2021). Molina has also worked in sound editing on titles such as *The Lion King* (1994) and provided voice performances, including Fish Out of Water in *Chicken Little*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Fi1m 72, Editor, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)
- *An American Tail* (1986), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md)
- *The Secret of NIMH* (1982), Fi1m 74, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-nimh.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Monsters at Work* (2021), series, as Ethan (voice) · Editor
- *Planes: Fire & Rescue* (2014), Editor
- *Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return* (2014), Editor
- *Glago's Guest* (2008), Editor
- *Chicken Little* (2005), as Fish Out of Water (voice) · Editor
- *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), Supervising Film Editor
- *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), Editor
- *The Pagemaster* (1994), Editor
- *Son in Law* (1993), Sound Editor
- *Sidekicks* (1992), Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- *Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp* (1991), as Dirk the Daring
- *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989), as The Don Bluth Players (voice)
- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Editor, Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)
- *An American Tail* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md)
- *The Secret of NIMH* (1982), Assistant Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-nimh.md)

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