---
name: "Jeff Betancourt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-betancourt"
fi1m_id: "jeff-betancourt"
imdb_id: "nm0079111"
tmdb_id: 20382
wikidata_id: "Q182835"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:36:11.246071+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."
---

# Jeff Betancourt

## Identity

Jeff Betancourt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-betancourt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-betancourt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079111
- **TMDB ID:** 20382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q182835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Betancourt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20382

Editor. Born 1 January 1970 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, United States
- **Also known as:** Jeffrey Betancourt
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Betancourt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20382

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle*](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Jeff Betancourt is a film editor. He attended the University of Southern California's graduate film school, where he developed a particular interest in editing. While still a student, he received his first feature editing credit on Miguel Arteta's *Star Maps* (1997).

Betancourt has collaborated repeatedly with Arteta on subsequent films, including *Chuck & Buck* (2000) and *The Good Girl* (2002). His credits also include the comedy *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004) and several horror films such as *The Grudge* (2004) and *The Exorcism of Emily Rose* (2005). He directed the feature *Boogeyman 2* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, moviemaker.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *The Dreadful* (2026), Editor
- *Bagman* (2024), Editor
- *Never Let Go* (2024), Additional Editor
- *Baghead* (2023), Editor
- *Want to Hear A Story?* (2021), Thanks
- *Nine Days* (2021), Editor
- *Shoplifters of the World* (2021), Additional Editor
- *Spree* (2020), Co-Producer, Additional Editor
- *The Grudge* (2019), Additional Editor
- *Black Christmas* (2019), Editor
- *Mary* (2019), Editor, Co-Executive Producer
- *IO* (2019), Editor
- *Then Came You* (2018), as Additional Editing
- *Dark Was the Night* (2018), Editor
- *Tau* (2018), Co-Executive Producer
- *Krypton* (2018), series, Editor
- *3 Generations* (2016), Editor
- *Get a Job* (2016), Editor
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny* (2016), Executive Producer, Editor
- *Poltergeist* (2015), Editor
- *Knock Knock* (2014), Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
- *Kristy* (2014), Editor
- *Flight 7500* (2014), as Additional Editing
- *The Apparition* (2012), Editor
- *American Reunion* (2012), Editor
- *Terra Nova* (2011), series, Editor
- *The Unborn* (2009), Editor
- *The Ruins* (2008), Editor
- *Boogeyman 2* (2007), Director, Editor
- *The Grudge 2* (2006), Editor
- *When a Stranger Calls* (2006), Editor
- *The Exorcism of Emily Rose* (2005), Editor
- *The Grudge* (2004), Editor
- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)
- *The United States of Leland* (2003), Editor
- *The Good Girl* (2002), Editor
- *Get Over It* (2001), Editor
- *Chuck & Buck* (2000), Editor
- *The Girls' Room* (2000), Editor
- *Star Maps* (1997), Editor

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