---
name: "Edward A. Warschilka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-a-warschilka"
fi1m_id: "edward-a-warschilka"
imdb_id: "nm1836376"
tmdb_id: 27583
wikidata_id: "Q18693035"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "6 June 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T10:59:04.833649+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."
---

# Edward A. Warschilka

## Identity

Edward A. Warschilka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-a-warschilka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edward-a-warschilka
- **IMDb ID:** nm1836376
- **TMDB ID:** 27583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18693035
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18693035, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1836376/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27583

Editor. Born 6 June 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 6 June 1954
- **Active:** 1982–2014
- **Also known as:** Edward A. Warschilka Jr.
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (3), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Action & Adventure 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $158m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18693035, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1836376/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27583

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Pacific*](https://film.one/tv/the-pacific.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*The Last Ship*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Edward A. Warschilka, also credited as Edward A. Warschilka Jr., is an American film and television editor. He began his career in editorial departments on features such as *48 Hrs.* (1982) before advancing to editor credits.

His feature editing work includes *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), *The Running Man* (1987), *Escape from L.A.* (1996), *Vampires* (1998) and *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001). He has also edited episodes of television series including *The Pacific* (2010), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination, *Bates Motel* (2013) and *The Last Ship* (2014–2018).

He is the son of film editor Edward Warschilka (1928–2004).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Last Ship* (2014), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *The Pacific* (2010), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pacific.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *A Soldier's Story* (1984), Fi1m 76, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-soldiers-story.md)
- *Rocky III* (1982), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, Editor
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Editor
- *The Pacific* (2010), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pacific.md)
- *And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself* (2003), Editor
- *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), Editorial Staff
- *Vampires: Los Muertos* (2002), Editor
- *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), Editor
- *Innocents* (2000), Editor
- *Vampires* (1998), Editor
- *The Sleepwalker Killing* (1997), Editor
- *Escape from L.A.* (1996), Editor
- *Village of the Damned* (1995), Editor
- *In the Mouth of Madness* (1995), Editor
- *Body Bags* (1993), Editor
- *Child's Play 3* (1991), Editor
- *Stone Cold* (1991), Editor
- *Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?* (1990), Editor
- *The Running Man* (1987), Editor
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *A Soldier's Story* (1984), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-soldiers-story.md)
- *Rocky III* (1982), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iii.md)

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