---
name: "David Heinz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-heinz"
fi1m_id: "david-heinz"
imdb_id: "nm1484439"
tmdb_id: 1418393
wikidata_id: "Q85040654"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:47:44.271546+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."
---

# David Heinz

## Identity

David Heinz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-heinz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-heinz
- **IMDb ID:** nm1484439
- **TMDB ID:** 1418393
- **Wikidata ID:** Q85040654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heinz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85040654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1484439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1418393

Editor. Born 1 January 1968 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, United States
- **Also known as:** David Walsh Heinz
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heinz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85040654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1484439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1418393

## Coming up

- *Animal Friends* (2027-01-21), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Call of the Wild*](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md) (63)

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

## Biography

David Heinz, also credited as David Walsh Heinz, is an American film editor and member of the American Cinema Editors. He began his career in visual effects editing on films including *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), *The Jungle Book* (2016) and *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017) before moving into picture editing.

His editing credits include *The Call of the Wild* (2020), *A Christmas Story Christmas* (2022), *Adult World* (2014) and *Deliver Us* (2023). He also wrote, directed and edited the independent film *American Folk* (2017). Heinz trained at Columbia College Chicago.

*Sources: imdb.com, pushing-pixels.org, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Call of the Wild* (2020), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Animal Friends* (2027), Editor
- *Shadow Brother Sunday* (2024), Editor
- *Deliver Us* (2023), Editor
- *A Christmas Story Christmas* (2022), Editor
- *The Call of the Wild* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md)
- *American Folk* (2018), Director
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Too Late* (2016), Editor
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), VFX Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Adult World* (2014), Editor
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), VFX Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *Underworld: Evolution* (2006), Visual Effects Editor
- *The Cave* (2005), Post Production Coordinator
- *Wicker Park* (2004), Post Production Assistant
- *Madhouse* (2004), Post Production Assistant
- *Underworld* (2003), Post Production Assistant

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