---
name: "Jay Rabinowitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-rabinowitz"
fi1m_id: "jay-rabinowitz"
imdb_id: "nm0704950"
tmdb_id: 330
wikidata_id: "Q154690"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-01T19:40:12.776700+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."
---

# Jay Rabinowitz

## Identity

Jay Rabinowitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-rabinowitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-rabinowitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0704950
- **TMDB ID:** 330
- **Wikidata ID:** Q154690
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Rabinowitz_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154690, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/330

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Darren Aronofsky](https://film.one/person/darren-aronofsky.md), [Ellen Burstyn](https://film.one/person/ellen-burstyn.md), [Eric Watson](https://film.one/person/eric-watson.md), [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 74 (4), 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Fantasy 3, Crime 2, Music 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $658m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Rabinowitz_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154690, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/330

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Dead Man*](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md) (81), [*Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Is God Is*](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md) (74), [*8 Mile*](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Requiem for a Dream*](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*I'm Not There*](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Jay Rabinowitz is an American film editor certified by the American Cinema Editors. He is frequently associated with the work of directors Jim Jarmusch and Darren Aronofsky.

He graduated from New York University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema Studies. While a student he interned on Jarmusch's *Down by Law* (1986) and later served as assistant editor on *Mystery Train* (1989). From *Night on Earth* (1991) he edited seven of Jarmusch's films, including *Dead Man* (1995), *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), *Coffee and Cigarettes* (2003), *Broken Flowers* (2005) and *The Limits of Control* (2009).

Other credits include *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), *8 Mile* (2002), *The Fountain* (2006), *The Tree of Life* (2011) and *Beast* (2022). His editing on *Requiem for a Dream* received best editing awards from the Online Film Critics Society and the Phoenix Film Critics Society. He received an American Cinema Editors nomination for *Year of the Horse* (1997).

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Is God Is* (2026), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md)
- *IF* (2024), Fi1m 56, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/if.md)
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adjustment-bureau.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)
- *The Fountain* (2006), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *8 Mile* (2002), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Fi1m 80, Editor, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Fi1m 80, Editor, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Summer Tour* (2026), Editor
- *Is God Is* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md)
- *O'Dessa* (2025), Editor
- *IF* (2024), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/if.md)
- *Beast* (2022), Editor
- *Oslo* (2021), Editor
- *Aleph* (2021), Consulting Editor
- *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021), Editor
- *Irresistible* (2020), Editor
- *White Echo* (2019), Editor
- *Boy Erased* (2018), Editor
- *Junction 48* (2016), Editor
- *Rosewater* (2014), Editor
- *First Point* (2012), Editor
- *Rampart* (2011), Editor
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adjustment-bureau.md)
- *Women Without Men* (2009), Editor
- *The Limits of Control* (2009), Editor, Music Editor
- *Explicit Ills* (2008), Editor
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)
- *The Fountain* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *Broken Flowers* (2005), Editor, Music Editor
- *Bomb the System* (2005), Editor
- *Dawn Anna* (2005), Editor
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), Editor
- *Coffee and Cigarettes* (2004), Editor, Music Editor
- *8 Mile* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)
- *Secretary* (2002), as Additional Editing
- *Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet* (2002), Editor
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Homicide: The Movie* (2000), Editor
- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Editor, Music Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Richard Lester!* (1998), Editor
- *Affliction* (1998), Editor
- *Year of the Horse* (1997), Editor
- *Mother Night* (1996), Editor
- *Dead Man* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Clean, Shaven* (1995), Editor
- *Jimmy Hollywood* (1994), Editor
- *The Bowery* (1994), Editor
- *When Pigs Fly* (1993), Editor
- *Last Supper* (1992), Editor
- *Night on Earth* (1991), Editor
- *Alice* (1990), Assistant Sound Editor
- *Coyote Mountain* (1990), Editor
- *Mystery Train* (1989), Assistant Editor
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1987), Apprentice Sound Editor
- *Dead of Winter* (1987), Apprentice Sound Editor

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