---
name: "Eric L. Beason"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-l-beason"
fi1m_id: "eric-l-beason"
imdb_id: "nm0064062"
tmdb_id: 21055
wikidata_id: "Q25352849"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T02:18:27.817681+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."
---

# Eric L. Beason

## Identity

Eric L. Beason

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-l-beason
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-l-beason
- **IMDb ID:** nm0064062
- **TMDB ID:** 21055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25352849
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25352849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21055

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1981–2013
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 1990s 84 (2), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Romance 2, Thriller 2, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $63m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25352849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21055

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Last Seduction*](https://film.one/film/the-last-seduction.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Eric L. Beason is an American film and television editor. He has worked in the industry since the 1970s, beginning as an assistant editor on titles including *Thieves* (1977) and *Reds* (1981).

Beason's editing credits include *A Simple Plan* (1998), *For Love of the Game* (1999), *Joy Ride* (2001), *The Possession* (2012) and *Don't Breathe* (2016). He has also edited episodes of series such as *Justified*, *The Blacklist* and *The Librarians*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *The Last Seduction* (1994), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-seduction.md)
- *Reds* (1981), Fi1m 77, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Miracle Valley* (2021), Editor
- *Fatale* (2020), Editor
- *Mary* (2019), Editor
- *The Bad Seed* (2018), Editor
- *Don't Breathe* (2016), Editor
- *Golden Shoes* (2015), Editor
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Editor
- *The Librarians* (2014), series, Editor
- *Walking with the Enemy* (2014), Editor
- *Murder of a Cat* (2014), Editor
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Possession* (2012), Editor
- *The Stepfather* (2009), Editor
- *The Haunting in Connecticut* (2009), Editor
- *Conspiracy* (2008), Editor
- *The Education of Charlie Banks* (2007), Editor
- *Let's Go to Prison* (2006), Editor
- *The Alamo* (2004), Editor
- *Against the Ropes* (2004), Editor
- *The Rookie* (2002), Editor
- *Joy Ride* (2001), Editor
- *The Journeyman* (2001), Associate Producer
- *For Love of the Game* (1999), Editor
- *Me and Will* (1999), Editor
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Let's Talk About Sex* (1998), Supervising Editor
- *Unforgettable* (1996), Editor
- *Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys* (1995), Editor
- *The Maddening* (1995), Editor
- *The Last Seduction* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-seduction.md)
- *The Good Fight* (1992), Editor
- *Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight* (1992), Editor
- *To Die Standing* (1991), Editor
- *Kill Me Again* (1989), Casting, Editor
- *Let It Ride* (1989), Assistant Editor
- *Out of the Darkness* (1985), Assistant Editor
- *Baby It's You* (1983), Assistant Sound Editor
- *Reds* (1981), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *Rockers* (1979), Assistant Editor

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