---
name: "Howard E. Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-e-smith"
fi1m_id: "howard-e-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0808483"
tmdb_id: 10853
wikidata_id: "Q1631791"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 December 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-23T04:09:43.932280+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."
---

# Howard E. Smith

## Identity

Howard E. Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-e-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-e-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0808483
- **TMDB ID:** 10853
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1631791
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10853

Editor. Born 5 December 1945 in Clearfield, Utah, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 December 1945, Clearfield, Utah, USA
- **Active:** 1983–2014
- **Also known as:** Howard Edward Smith, Howard Smith
- **Frequently works with:** [Kathryn Bigelow](https://film.one/person/kathryn-bigelow.md), [Conrad Buff IV](https://film.one/person/conrad-buff-iv.md), [Ed Harris](https://film.one/person/ed-harris.md), [Gale Anne Hurd](https://film.one/person/gale-anne-hurd.md), [James Cameron](https://film.one/person/james-cameron.md), [Steven-Charles Jaffe](https://film.one/person/steven-charles-jaffe.md), [Tina Hirsch](https://film.one/person/tina-hirsch.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (3), 1990s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $395m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10853

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Glengarry Glen Ross*](https://film.one/film/glengarry-glen-ross.md) (86)
- **AMC+:** [*Point Break*](https://film.one/film/point-break.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*The Abyss*](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md) (71)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Twilight Zone: The Movie*](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Howard E. Smith is an American film editor. Born on 5 December 1945 in Clearfield, Utah, he grew up in Chicago and studied at Northwestern University in the late 1960s, where he wrote, directed, shot and edited over fifty short films. He received one of the first AFI grants to independent filmmakers and made the award-winning short "Still?".

In 1970 he attended the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles as a directing and cinematography fellow. Smith has edited numerous feature films, including *The Abyss* (1989), *Point Break* (1991), *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1992), *Strange Days* (1995) and *Dante's Peak* (1997). He has worked repeatedly with directors Kathryn Bigelow and James Foley.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1992), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/glengarry-glen-ross.md)
- *Point Break* (1991), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/point-break.md)
- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Near Dark* (1987), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Paradise Club* (2017), Editor
- *The Tank* (2017), Editor
- *Vengeance: A Love Story* (2017), Editor
- *Poker Night* (2014), Editor
- *Bad Country* (2014), Additional Editor
- *Knights of Badassdom* (2014), Editor
- *Nothing Left to Fear* (2013), Editor
- *Slumber Party Slaughter* (2012), Editor
- *The Candidate* (2011), Editor
- *Formosa Betrayed* (2010), Editor
- *The Collector* (2009), Editor
- *The Merry Gentleman* (2008), Editor
- *Asylum* (2008), Editor
- *Snakes on a Plane* (2006), Editor
- *Blade: Trinity* (2004), Editor
- *Torque* (2004), Editor
- *Sonny* (2002), Editor
- *City of Ghosts* (2002), Editor
- *Moving August* (2002), Supervising Editor
- *The Glass House* (2001), Editor
- *The Weight of Water* (2001), Editor
- *Shadow of the Vampire* (2000), Thanks
- *The Crow: Salvation* (2000), Editor
- *The Corruptor* (1999), Editor
- *Judas Kiss* (1998), Editor
- *Puppies for Sale* (1998), Editor
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *The People Next Door* (1996), Editor
- *Two Bits* (1995), Editor
- *Strange Days* (1995), Editor
- *The Saint of Fort Washington* (1993), Editor
- *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/glengarry-glen-ross.md)
- *Point Break* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/point-break.md)
- *After Dark, My Sweet* (1990), Editor
- *Big Man on Campus* (1989), Editor
- *The Abyss* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *The Tunnel* (1988), Consulting Editor
- *Martini Ranch: Reach* (1988), Editor
- *Near Dark* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *River's Edge* (1986), Editor
- *At Close Range* (1986), Editor
- *Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend* (1985), Editor
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Tex* (1982), Editor
- *The Chosen* (1981), Editor

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