---
name: "Dean Zimmerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dean-zimmerman"
fi1m_id: "dean-zimmerman"
imdb_id: "nm0956693"
tmdb_id: 54271
wikidata_id: "Q1181150"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T11:18:59.822720+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."
---

# Dean Zimmerman

## Identity

Dean Zimmerman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dean-zimmerman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dean-zimmerman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0956693
- **TMDB ID:** 54271
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1181150
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Zimmerman_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1181150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54271

Editor. Born 8 April 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 April 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Shawn Levy](https://film.one/person/shawn-levy.md), [Hugh Jackman](https://film.one/person/hugh-jackman.md), [Ryan Reynolds](https://film.one/person/ryan-reynolds.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 58 (2), 2000s 47 (3), 2010s 50 (2), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 54 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Action 3, Crime 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,088m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Zimmerman_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1181150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54271

## Coming up

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027-05-26), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Free Guy*](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md) (67), [*Deadpool & Wolverine*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md) (60), [*Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian*](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md) (54)
- **Netflix:** [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77), [*Holmes & Watson*](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md) (24)
- **Tubi:** [*Rush Hour 3*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Dean Zimmerman (born 8 April 1974) is an American film and television editor. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors and a frequent collaborator of director Shawn Levy.

Zimmerman edited episodes of the Netflix series *Stranger Things* (2016–), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing and received two further nominations. His feature credits include *Night at the Museum* (2006), *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), *Real Steel* (2011), *Free Guy* (2021), *The Adam Project* (2022) and *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024).

He is the son of editor Don Zimmerman and twin brother of editor Dan Zimmerman.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Fi1m 24, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Fun with Dick and Jane* (2005), Fi1m 50, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fun-with-dick-and-jane.md)
- *Patch Adams* (1998), Fi1m 47, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/patch-adams.md)
- *Liar Liar* (1997), Fi1m 68, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/liar-liar.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027), Editor
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *All the Light We Cannot See* (2023), series, Editor
- *The Adam Project* (2022), Editor
- *Free Guy* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *The Darkest Minds* (2018), Editor
- *Why Him?* (2016), Editor
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *The Last Witch Hunter* (2015), Editor
- *Radio America* (2015), Thanks
- *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* (2014), Editor
- *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), Editor
- *The Internship* (2013), Editor
- *The Watch* (2012), Editor
- *Mirror Mirror* (2012), Additional Editor
- *Real Steel* (2011), Editor
- *Gulliver's Travels* (2010), Editor
- *Date Night* (2010), Editor
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Jumper* (2008), Editor
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Night at the Museum* (2006), Associate Editor
- *Fun with Dick and Jane* (2005), Associate Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/fun-with-dick-and-jane.md)
- *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), First Assistant Editor
- *The Cat in the Hat* (2003), First Assistant Editor
- *Just Married* (2003), Assistant Editor
- *Dragonfly* (2002), Assistant Editor
- *The Ladies Man* (2000), Assistant Editor
- *Galaxy Quest* (1999), Assistant Editor
- *Brokedown Palace* (1999), Assistant Editor
- *Patch Adams* (1998), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/patch-adams.md)
- *Half Baked* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *Liar Liar* (1997), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/liar-liar.md)
- *The Nutty Professor* (1996), Assistant Editor
- *The Scout* (1994), Editorial Production Assistant

## Gallery

- ![Dean Zimmerman](https://film.one/media/person/11206/gallery-0d36838bbbdc.jpg) Dean Zimmerman — Image via TMDB
- ![Dean Zimmerman](https://film.one/media/person/11206/gallery-04fb3df1230b.jpg) Dean Zimmerman — Image via TMDB

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