---
name: "Ishai Setton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ishai-setton"
fi1m_id: "ishai-setton"
imdb_id: "nm1335694"
tmdb_id: 90574
wikidata_id: "Q17141512"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T06:06:48.381184+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."
---

# Ishai Setton

## Identity

Ishai Setton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ishai-setton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ishai-setton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1335694
- **TMDB ID:** 90574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17141512
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishai_Setton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90574

Editor. Born 1 January 1901 in Allentown.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Allentown
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Chad Galster](https://film.one/person/chad-galster.md), [John Coniglio](https://film.one/person/john-coniglio.md), [Stephen Kay](https://film.one/person/stephen-kay.md), [Taylor Sheridan](https://film.one/person/taylor-sheridan.md), [Bart Rachmil](https://film.one/person/bart-rachmil.md), [Bjorn T. Myrholt](https://film.one/person/bjorn-t-myrholt.md), [Nathan Gunn](https://film.one/person/nathan-gunn.md), [Paul Cameron](https://film.one/person/paul-cameron.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishai_Setton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90574

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Purple Hearts*](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md) (39)

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

## Biography

Ishai Setton is an American film and television editor, director and producer. He is credited as editor on the film *Purple Hearts* (2022) and the series *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021) and *Landman* (2024). His other editing work includes episodes of *Empire*, *Lioness*, *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* and *American Horror Stories*.

Setton directed the feature *The Big Bad Swim* (2006) and has additional directing credits on projects including *3 Days of Normal* (2012). He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2002 and has received seven awards and two nominations for his work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Hearts* (2022), Fi1m 39, Editor, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Landman* (2024), series, Editor
- *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023), series, Editor
- *Lioness* (2023), series, Editor, Additional Editing
- *Purple Hearts* (2022), Second Unit Director, Editor — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md)
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, Editor
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, Editor
- *Empire* (2015), series, Director
- *Artifact* (2012), Editor
- *The Kitchen* (2012), Director
- *3 Days of Normal* (2012), Director
- *Our Time* (2009), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Eight Candles* (2006), as Producer
- *The Big Bad Swim* (2006), Director, Producer

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