---
name: "Eric Zumbrunnen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-zumbrunnen"
fi1m_id: "eric-zumbrunnen"
imdb_id: "nm0958641"
tmdb_id: 6958
wikidata_id: "Q1351765"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1964"
died: "1 August 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T13:34:37.648990+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 Zumbrunnen

## Identity

Eric Zumbrunnen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-zumbrunnen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-zumbrunnen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0958641
- **TMDB ID:** 6958
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1351765
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Zumbrunnen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6958

Editor. Born 1 January 1964. Died 1 August 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1964
- **Died:** 1 August 2017
- **Active:** 1999–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Spike Jonze](https://film.one/person/spike-jonze.md), [Vincent Landay](https://film.one/person/vincent-landay.md), [Catherine Keener](https://film.one/person/catherine-keener.md), [Charlie Kaufman](https://film.one/person/charlie-kaufman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 79 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $203m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Zumbrunnen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6958

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Her*](https://film.one/film/her.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*MINDHUNTER*](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Adaptation.*](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md) (83)
- **Hulu:** [*Where the Wild Things Are*](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Eric Zumbrunnen was an American film editor. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in journalism and began his career editing music videos and commercials before moving into feature films.

Zumbrunnen had a long collaboration with director Spike Jonze. He edited Jonze’s *Being John Malkovich* (1999), for which he won an ACE Eddie Award and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Editing. His other credits include *Adaptation.* (2002), *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), *John Carter* (2012) and *Her* (2013). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Zumbrunnen died on 1 August 2017 at the age of 52.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Being John Malkovich* (1999), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/being-john-malkovich.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *Her* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *John Carter* (2012), Editor
- *I'm Here* (2010), Editor
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002* (2004), Editor
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Being John Malkovich* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/being-john-malkovich.md)
- *Lick the Star* (1998), Editor
- *Amarillo By Morning* (1998), Editor
- *How They Get There* (1997), Editor
- *R.E.M.: Rough Cut* (1995), Editor
- *The Rolling Stones: Live from London 1995* (1995), Editor
- *The Rolling Stones: Live from Paris 1995* (1995), Editor
- *The Rolling Stones: Live from Amsterdam 1995* (1995), Editor

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