---
name: "David Siegel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-siegel"
fi1m_id: "david-siegel"
imdb_id: "nm0796913"
tmdb_id: 1338380
wikidata_id: "Q21280711"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:07.948097+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 Siegel

## Identity

David Siegel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-siegel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-siegel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0796913
- **TMDB ID:** 1338380
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21280711
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21280711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338380

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Also known as:** David J. Siegel
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Hunter](https://film.one/person/tim-hunter.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Frank Pugliese](https://film.one/person/frank-pugliese.md), [Tom Smuts](https://film.one/person/tom-smuts.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 60 (4), 2000s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 56 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $643m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21280711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338380

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md) (46)

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

## Biography

David Siegel is an American film and television editor, also credited as David J. Siegel. He has worked as an editor on feature films including *Godzilla* (1998) and *Eight Legged Freaks* (2002), and as an assistant editor on earlier projects such as *Far and Away* (1992).

On television, Siegel has edited episodes of *Mad Men* (2007), *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), *Chicago Med* (2015–), *Rizzoli & Isles* and *Leverage*. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his editing work.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Godzilla* (1998), Fi1m 46, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Far and Away* (1992), Fi1m 52, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/far-and-away.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Parenthood* (1989), Fi1m 78, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Editor, Associate Producer, Co-Producer, Producer
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Editor
- *Leverage* (2008), series, Editor
- *The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice* (2008), Editor
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines* (2006), Editor
- *Eight Legged Freaks* (2002), Editor
- *The Third Miracle* (1999), Editor
- *Godzilla* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *Washington Square* (1997), Editor
- *Blessed Assurance* (1997), Editor
- *Dangerous Indiscretion* (1995), Editor
- *Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back* (1993), Editor
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Hotel Room* (1993), series, Editor
- *Far and Away* (1992), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/far-and-away.md)
- *Looping* (1992), as Film Editor · Editor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Parenthood* (1989), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1987), Assistant Editor

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