---
name: "Don Brochu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-brochu"
fi1m_id: "don-brochu"
imdb_id: "nm0110519"
tmdb_id: 58208
wikidata_id: "Q1238970"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T22:02:06.901268+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."
---

# Don Brochu

## Identity

Don Brochu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-brochu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-brochu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0110519
- **TMDB ID:** 58208
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1238970
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Brochu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58208

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1981–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Davis](https://film.one/person/andrew-davis.md), [Tommy Lee Jones](https://film.one/person/tommy-lee-jones.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (3), 1990s 82 (2), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $794m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Brochu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58208

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fugitive*](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*Descendants*](https://film.one/film/descendants.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Don Brochu is an American film editor. He began his career as an assistant editor on Cheech and Chong films in the early 1980s before receiving his first solo editing credit on *The Slugger's Wife* (1985), directed by Hal Ashby.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he edited numerous feature films, including *Under Siege* (1992), *The Fugitive* (1993), *Volcano* (1997) and *Blast from the Past* (1999). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *The Fugitive*. Since the early 2000s he has worked primarily on television films and series, including the *Descendants* films (2015–2019) and *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), and has collaborated frequently with directors Ron Underwood and Kenny Ortega.

Brochu is a member of the American Cinema Editors. He was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award and an ACE Eddie Award for his work on *The Fugitive*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Descendants* (2015), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/descendants.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)
- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Tootsie* (1982), Fi1m 85, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Fi1m 50, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Descendants 3* (2019), Editor
- *Descendants 2* (2017), Editor
- *A Change of Heart* (2017), Editor
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again* (2016), Editor
- *Yellow Day* (2015), Editor
- *Descendants* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/descendants.md)
- *How to Build a Better Boy* (2014), Editor
- *The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase* (2013), Actor
- *Call Me Crazy: A Five Film* (2013), Editor
- *The Mistle-Tones* (2012), Editor
- *My Fake Fiance* (2012), Editor
- *Deck the Halls* (2011), Editor
- *The Bling Ring* (2011), Editor
- *Teen Spirit* (2011), Editor
- *Christmas Cupid* (2010), Editor
- *Beauty & the Briefcase* (2010), Editor
- *Mega Piranha* (2010), Editor
- *Santa Baby 2* (2009), Editor
- *This Is It* (2009), Editor
- *Christmas Cottage* (2008), Editor
- *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), Editor
- *Holiday in Handcuffs* (2007), Editor
- *The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning* (2007), Editor
- *Santa Baby* (2006), Editor
- *10.5: Apocalypse* (2006), series, Editor
- *Tiger Cruise* (2004), Editor
- *10.5* (2004), series, Editor
- *The Medallion* (2003), Editor
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), Editor
- *A Glimpse of Hell* (2001), Editor
- *Ready to Run* (2000), Editor
- *Dudley Do-Right* (1999), Editor
- *Blast from the Past* (1999), Editor
- *Volcano* (1997), Editor
- *Chain Reaction* (1996), Editor
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), Editor
- *The Walking Dead* (1995), Editor
- *On Deadly Ground* (1994), Editor
- *The Fugitive* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md)
- *Beyond the Law* (1993), Editor
- *Under Siege* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *A Midnight Clear* (1992), Editor
- *Out for Justice* (1991), Editor
- *Turner & Hooch* (1990), Editor
- *Lock Up* (1989), Editor
- *Margaret Bourke-White* (1989), Editor
- *Mystic Pizza* (1988), Editor
- *Alien Nation* (1988), Additional Editor
- *Born in East L.A.* (1987), Editor
- *La Bamba* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *The Slugger's Wife* (1985), Editor
- *Tootsie* (1982), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982), Assistant Editor
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Fugitive*

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

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