---
name: "Debra Chiate"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/debra-chiate"
fi1m_id: "debra-chiate"
imdb_id: "nm0157096"
tmdb_id: 57426
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T21:22:24.264046+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."
---

# Debra Chiate

## Identity

Debra Chiate

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/debra-chiate
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** debra-chiate
- **IMDb ID:** nm0157096
- **TMDB ID:** 57426
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57426

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1982–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Amy Heckerling](https://film.one/person/amy-heckerling.md), [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md), [Jonathan D. Krane](https://film.one/person/jonathan-d-krane.md), [Kirstie Alley](https://film.one/person/kirstie-alley.md), [Olympia Dukakis](https://film.one/person/olympia-dukakis.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (2), 1990s 60 (2), 2010s 24 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 53 to 52 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Romance 4, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $534m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57426

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Look Who's Talking Too*](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md) (35), [*Movie 43*](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md) (24)
- **Apple TV:** [*Clueless*](https://film.one/film/clueless.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Look Who's Talking*](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Debra Chiate is a film editor. She is credited as editor on *Clueless* (1995) and has edited numerous other feature films, including *Look Who's Talking* (1989), *Look Who's Talking Too* (1990), *Harriet the Spy* (1996), *Never Been Kissed* (1999), *Loser* (2000), *The House Bunny* (2008), *Vamps* (2012) and *Movie 43* (2013).

Her earlier work includes assistant editor on *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982) and additional editor on *The Wizard* (1989). She has also edited episodes of the *Clueless* television series (1996).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Movie 43* (2013), Fi1m 24, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *Clueless* (1995), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md)
- *Look Who's Talking Too* (1990), Fi1m 35, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md)
- *Look Who's Talking* (1989), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Movie 43* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *Vamps* (2012), Editor
- *The House Bunny* (2008), Editor
- *Two Weeks* (2006), Editor
- *Loser* (2000), Editor
- *Never Been Kissed* (1999), Editor
- *Dead Man on Campus* (1998), Editor
- *Harriet the Spy* (1996), Editor
- *Clueless* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md)
- *Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women* (1994), Editor
- *Look Who's Talking Too* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md)
- *The Wizard* (1989), Additional Editor
- *Look Who's Talking* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)
- *Battle Beyond the Stars* (1980), Assistant Editor
- *Getting It Over With* (1978), Editor
- *Minestrone* (1975), Production Assistant

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