---
name: "Howard Leder"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-leder"
fi1m_id: "howard-leder"
tmdb_id: 1899865
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:57.108104+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 Leder

## Identity

Howard Leder

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-leder
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-leder
- **TMDB ID:** 1899865
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899865

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Dan Fogelman](https://film.one/person/dan-fogelman.md), [Glenn Ficarra](https://film.one/person/glenn-ficarra.md), [John Requa](https://film.one/person/john-requa.md), [Julia Grove](https://film.one/person/julia-grove.md), [Ken Olin](https://film.one/person/ken-olin.md), [Lai-San Ho](https://film.one/person/lai-san-ho.md), [Romina Rey](https://film.one/person/romina-rey.md), [Sterling K. Brown](https://film.one/person/sterling-k-brown.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899865

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76), [*Paradise*](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) (73)
- **HBO Max:** [*Perry Mason*](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Howard Leder is an American film and television editor. He began his career working in documentaries and reality television before serving as an assistant editor on feature films and series, including Never Back Down (2008).

Leder has edited multiple episodes of This Is Us (2016–2022), The Newsroom (2012–2014), Perry Mason (2020–2023) and Paradise (2025–). He previously edited the pilot of Pitch (2016) and has worked on other series such as Big Love, American Gods and The Girls on the Bus.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Paradise* (2025), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Runaway* (2025), as The Mob Man
- *Paradise* (2025), series, as Nurse · Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, as Concierge · Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Never Back Down* (2008), Assistant Editor
- *Derailroaded* (2005), Editor
- *Open Studio* (2000), Unit Production Manager
- *Local Haunts*, as Mob Man

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