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name: "Douglas Ibold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-ibold"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "23 January 1940"
died: "8 November 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T23:37:45.401663+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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# Douglas Ibold

Editor. Born 23 January 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 8 November 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 23 January 1940, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 8 November 2023
- **Active:** 1984–1995
- **Also known as:** Doug Ibold
- **Works often with:** Aaron Lipstadt, Bruce Seth Green, Daniel Sackheim, David Black, Dick Wolf, Ed Zuckerman

## Biography

Douglas Ibold, also credited as Doug Ibold, was an American film and television editor. Born Edward Douglas Ibold on 23 January 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from Florida State University and began his career in local television in Florida before moving to Los Angeles.

He edited episodes of *Magnum, P.I.* (1980-85), *Miami Vice* (1985-87), the *Law & Order* pilot (1990) and other episodes through 1999, *Xena: Warrior Princess*, and the *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* pilot (1999) plus 49 further episodes through 2005. His work included other series such as *Tour of Duty* and *Walker, Texas Ranger*.

Ibold received an Emmy nomination for the miniseries *Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel* and served on the board of the American Cinema Editors for about twenty years, receiving the ACE Career Achievement Award in 2012. He died on 8 November 2023 in Woodland Hills, California.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Editor

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Editor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Editor
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), Editor
- *Off Limits* (1988), Editor

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