---
name: "Donn Cambern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donn-cambern"
fi1m_id: "donn-cambern"
imdb_id: "nm0131333"
tmdb_id: 8847
wikidata_id: "Q323950"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 October 1929"
died: "18 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:56.296260+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."
---

# Donn Cambern

## Identity

Donn Cambern

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donn-cambern
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donn-cambern
- **IMDb ID:** nm0131333
- **TMDB ID:** 8847
- **Wikidata ID:** Q323950
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Cambern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8847

Editor. Born 9 October 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 18 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 October 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 18 January 2023
- **Active:** 1969–1992
- **Also known as:** Donn Green Cambern
- **Frequently works with:** [Brock Yates](https://film.one/person/brock-yates.md), [Burt Reynolds](https://film.one/person/burt-reynolds.md), [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md), [Dom DeLuise](https://film.one/person/dom-deluise.md), [Hal Needham](https://film.one/person/hal-needham.md), [Ivan Reitman](https://film.one/person/ivan-reitman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 76 (1), 1970s 89 (1), 1980s 62 (6), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Action 4, Adventure 3, Drama 3, Romance 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,192m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Cambern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8847

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Romancing the Stone*](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) (77), [*Ghostbusters II*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md) (60)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Easy Rider*](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md) (76)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Bodyguard*](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Donn Cambern was an American film editor whose credits include more than three dozen feature films. Born in Los Angeles, he graduated from UCLA with a degree in music and began his career as a music editor on television series including *The Andy Griffith Show* before moving into picture editing.

His early film work included *Easy Rider* (1969) and *The Last Picture Show* (1971). Cambern received an Academy Award nomination for his editing of *Romancing the Stone* (1984, shared with Frank Morriss). Other credits include *Ghostbusters II* (1989), *The Bodyguard* (1992), *Twins* (1988) and *Excalibur* (1981). He was awarded the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2004 and served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild from 1992 to 2001. He died in Burbank, California, in 2023.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)
- *Excalibur* (1981), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Fi1m 50, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Easy Rider* (1969), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *My Favorite Martian* (1999), as Additional Editing
- *The Glimmer Man* (1996), Editor
- *Little Giants* (1994), Editor
- *Major League II* (1994), Editor
- *Rookie of the Year* (1993), Editor
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Editor
- *Eyes of an Angel* (1991), Editor, Co-Producer
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Feds!* (1988), Editor
- *Casual Sex?* (1988), Editor
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1987), Editor
- *Big Trouble* (1986), Editor
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)
- *Tempest* (1982), Editor, Second Unit Director
- *Paternity* (1981), Editor
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Excalibur* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Editor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Willie & Phil* (1980), Editor
- *Time After Time* (1979), Editor
- *Hooper* (1978), Editor
- *The End* (1978), Editor
- *Alex & the Gypsy* (1976), Editor
- *The Hindenburg* (1975), Editor
- *Cinderella Liberty* (1973), Supervising Editor
- *Blume in Love* (1973), Editor
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Drive, He Said* (1971), Editor
- *Easy Rider* (1969), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)
- *Richard Cory* (1957), Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1985: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Romancing the Stone*

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

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