---
name: "Dennis Virkler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-virkler"
fi1m_id: "dennis-virkler"
imdb_id: "nm0899398"
tmdb_id: 5584
wikidata_id: "Q1189575"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 November 1941"
died: "15 September 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-20T04:06:08.551268+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."
---

# Dennis Virkler

## Identity

Dennis Virkler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-virkler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-virkler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0899398
- **TMDB ID:** 5584
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1189575
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Virkler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5584

Editor. Born 1 November 1941 in Cleveland. Died 15 September 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 November 1941, Cleveland
- **Died:** 15 September 2022
- **Active:** 1980–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [Tommy Lee Jones](https://film.one/person/tommy-lee-jones.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Andrew Davis](https://film.one/person/andrew-davis.md), [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md), [Chris O'Donnell](https://film.one/person/chris-odonnell.md), [Don Brochu](https://film.one/person/don-brochu.md), [Dov Hoenig](https://film.one/person/dov-hoenig.md), [Joel Schumacher](https://film.one/person/joel-schumacher.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 38 (1), 1990s 68 (5), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 57 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,323m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Virkler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5584

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Batman Forever*](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md) (56), [*Batman & Robin*](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md) (35)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fugitive*](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Castle*](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Dennis Virkler was an American film editor whose career spanned more than four decades. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, for *The Hunt for Red October* (1990) and *The Fugitive* (1993). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Virkler edited numerous feature films, including *Batman Forever* (1995), *Batman & Robin* (1997), *Daredevil* (2003) and *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004). *The Fugitive* was ranked 39th in a 2012 Motion Picture Editors Guild survey of the best-edited films of all time.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Virkler died from heart failure on 15 September 2022, aged 80.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Castle* (2009), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), Fi1m 35, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1993), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md)
- *Under Siege* (1992), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *Xanadu* (1980), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/xanadu.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *The Ottoman Lieutenant* (2017), Editor
- *August. Eighth* (2012), Editor
- *Shark Night 3D* (2011), Editor
- *The Wolfman* (2010), Editor
- *Castle* (2009), series, Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Halloween* (2007), Additional Editor
- *The Guardian* (2006), Editor
- *The Fog* (2005), Editor
- *Into the Blue* (2005), Editor
- *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), Editor
- *Daredevil* (2003), Editor
- *Collateral Damage* (2002), Editor
- *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), Editor
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), Editor
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *The Devil's Own* (1997), Editor
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md)
- *Under Siege* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *Falling from Grace* (1992), Editor
- *Freejack* (1992), Editor
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *The Favorite* (1989), Editor
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Editor
- *Distant Thunder* (1988), Editor
- *Big Shots* (1987), Editor
- *Double Agent* (1987), Editor
- *Nobody's Fool* (1986), Editor
- *Secret Admirer* (1985), Editor
- *Gorky Park* (1983), Editor
- *Independence Day* (1983), Editor
- *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), Editor
- *Sharky's Machine* (1981), Editor
- *Continental Divide* (1981), Editor
- *Xanadu* (1980), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/xanadu.md)
- *Stunts Unlimited* (1980), Associate Producer
- *The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang* (1979), Editor
- *The Bad News Bears Go to Japan* (1978), Editor
- *When Every Day Was the Fourth of July* (1978), Editor
- *Cruise Into Terror* (1978), Editor
- *Dog and Cat* (1977), series, Editor
- *Dog and Cat* (1977), Editor
- *Dead of Night* (1977), Editor
- *Burnt Offerings* (1976), Editor
- *The Kansas City Massacre* (1975), Editor
- *Satan's Triangle* (1975), Editor
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1974), Editor
- *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1973), Editor
- *Frankenstein* (1973), Editor
- *Frankenstein* (1973), series, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1994: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Fugitive*
- 1991: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Hunt for Red October*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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