---
name: "James Y. Kwei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-y-kwei"
fi1m_id: "james-y-kwei"
imdb_id: "nm0477158"
tmdb_id: 11474
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T21:31:13.491238+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."
---

# James Y. Kwei

## Identity

James Y. Kwei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-y-kwei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-y-kwei
- **IMDb ID:** nm0477158
- **TMDB ID:** 11474
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477158/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11474

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1985–1995
- **Also known as:** James Kwei, Jimmy Kwei
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 88 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $174m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477158/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11474

## Biography

James Y. Kwei is a film editor, also credited as James Kwei or Jimmy Kwei. He edited *GoodFellas* (1990), *Brain Damage* (1988), *Grace of My Heart* (1996) and *The Prime Gig* (2000). He worked as associate editor on *Casino* (1995) and served in editorial department roles on several Martin Scorsese films, including *After Hours* (1985), *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999) and *Gangs of New York* (2002).

Kwei has edited episodes of the television series *Oz* (1998) and *Queens Supreme* (2003). Later credits include producing and editing consultant work on short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Casino* (1995), Fi1m 82, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)
- *GoodFellas* (1990), Fi1m 93, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md)
- *After Hours* (1985), Fi1m 80, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Old Junk* (2013), Producer
- *The Concert for New York City* (2001), Editor
- *The Neighborhood* (2001), Editor
- *The Prime Gig* (2001), Editor
- *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999), Consulting Editor
- *Lost in Hollywood* (1998), Director
- *Grace of My Heart* (1996), Editor
- *Casino* (1995), Associate Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)
- *Iron and Silk* (1991), Editor
- *GoodFellas* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md)
- *The Kill-Off* (1989), Editor
- *Brain Damage* (1988), Editor
- *Maximum Overdrive* (1986), Assistant Sound Editor
- *After Hours* (1985), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/james-y-kwei