---
name: "Earl Watson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/earl-watson"
fi1m_id: "earl-watson"
imdb_id: "nm0914607"
tmdb_id: 957930
wikidata_id: "Q131467895"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 April 1948"
died: "5 December 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:04:09.950192+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."
---

# Earl Watson

## Identity

Earl Watson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/earl-watson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** earl-watson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0914607
- **TMDB ID:** 957930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131467895
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131467895, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957930

Editor. Born 5 April 1948 in USA. Died 5 December 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 April 1948, USA
- **Died:** 5 December 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131467895, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957930

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Boomerang*](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md) (60)

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## Biography

Earl Watson was an American film and television editor. Born in 1948, he began his career in sound editing before moving into picture editing, with credits including *Psychic Killer* (1976) and *Hi-Riders* (1978).

Watson edited numerous feature films, often comedies, such as *House Party* (1990, on which he also served as second unit director), *Boomerang* (1992), *CB4* (1993), *The Great White Hype* (1996), *The Ladies Man* (2000), *Two Can Play That Game* (2001), *Deliver Us from Eva* (2003) and *You Got Served* (2004). He also edited episodes of the television series *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005–2009).

He was a member of the American Cinema Editors and died in Los Angeles in 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boomerang* (1992), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *You Got Served* (2004), Editor
- *Deliver Us from Eva* (2003), Editor
- *Two Can Play That Game* (2001), Editor
- *The Ladies Man* (2000), Editor
- *Trippin'* (1999), Editor
- *Ride* (1998), Editor
- *The Cherokee Kid* (1996), Editor
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), Editor
- *Panther* (1995), Editor
- *Car 54, Where Are You?* (1994), Editor
- *CB4* (1993), Editor
- *Dance Macabre* (1992), Editor
- *Boomerang* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), Editor
- *The Forbidden Dance* (1990), Editor
- *The Rift* (1990), Editor
- *House Party* (1990), Editor, Second Unit Director
- *Stepfather 2* (1989), Sound Editor
- *Beverly Hills Brats* (1989), Sound Editor
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master* (1988), ADR Editor
- *Midnight Crossing* (1988), Editor
- *The Outing* (1987), Dialogue Editor
- *Ghost Fever* (1987), Editor
- *Hamburger: The Motion Picture* (1986), ADR Editor
- *Treasure of the Amazon* (1985), Editor
- *Group Madness* (1983), Editor
- *Wacko* (1982), Editor
- *Mystery on Monster Island* (1981), Editor
- *Without Warning* (1980), Sound Editor
- *Angels' Brigade* (1979), Editor
- *Hi-Riders* (1978), Editor
- *Black Shampoo* (1976), Editor

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