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name: "Don Zimmerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-zimmerman"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1944"
died: "24 July 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:21:36.358420+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."
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# Don Zimmerman

Editor. Born 1 January 1944 in Flint. Died 24 July 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Flint
- **Died:** 24 July 2025

## Biography

Don Zimmerman was an American film editor. He began his career in 1969 as an apprentice editor in music and sound effects, later becoming a picture assistant editor for Hal Ashby on films including *The Landlord*, *Harold and Maude*, *Shampoo* and *Being There* (1979). His first solo editing credit was *Coming Home* (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing.

Zimmerman collaborated with Ashby on six films and went on to edit a wide range of features. His credits include *Rocky III* (1982), *Rocky IV* (1985), *Ace Ventura: Pet Detective* (1994), *Liar Liar* (1997), the *Night at the Museum* films (2006 and 2009), *Jumper* (2008), *Men in Black 3* (2012) and *RED 2* (2013). He worked frequently with directors including Tom Shadyac, Dean Parisot and Shawn Levy. In 2023 he received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Being There* (1979), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/being-there.md)

## Also known for

- *Night at the Museum* (2006), Editor
- *Men in Black 3* (2012), Editor
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Editor
- *Ace Ventura: Pet Detective* (1994), Editor
- *Jumper* (2008), Editor
- *Liar Liar* (1997), Editor
- *Rocky IV* (1985), Editor
- *Rocky III* (1982), Editor

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