---
name: "Jeff Buchanan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-buchanan"
fi1m_id: "jeff-buchanan"
imdb_id: "nm1434016"
tmdb_id: 4234
wikidata_id: "Q73862837"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-21T20:49:20.785381+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 Buchanan

## Identity

Jeff Buchanan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-buchanan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-buchanan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1434016
- **TMDB ID:** 4234
- **Wikidata ID:** Q73862837
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73862837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1434016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4234

Editor. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Jeff R Buchanan
- **Frequently works with:** [Michel Gondry](https://film.one/person/michel-gondry.md), [Spike Jonze](https://film.one/person/spike-jonze.md), [Yasiin Bey](https://film.one/person/yasiin-bey.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (2), 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 3, Documentary 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $117m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73862837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1434016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4234

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Barry*](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Her*](https://film.one/film/her.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Jeff Buchanan is an American film and television editor. He studied film at Georgia State University and began his career editing music videos, documentaries and short films, including work for directors such as Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze.

Buchanan has edited feature films including *Her* (2013) and *Amazing Grace* (2018), as well as episodes of the HBO series *Barry* (2018–2019). He also served as an editor on the 2026 film *Jackass: Best and Last*. He is a partner at the editing company Final Cut and has received Emmy nominations for his television work.

*Sources: imdb.com, postmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jackass-best-and-last.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)
- *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dave-chappelles-block-party.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/jackass-best-and-last.md)
- *Beastie Boys Story* (2020), Editor
- *Amazing Grace* (2018), Editor
- *Barry* (2018), series, Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Pee-wee's Big Holiday* (2016), Editor
- *Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado* (2016), Editor
- *Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin* (2014), as Additional Editing
- *Her* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *All Is Bright* (2013), Editor
- *The We and the I* (2012), Editor
- *Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza* (2011), Editor
- *Infomercials* (2009), series, Director
- *Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak* (2009), Camera Operator, Editor
- *How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)* (2009), Editor
- *Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue* (2009), Director
- *Passaic Mosaic* (2008), Camera Operator, Thanks
- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)
- *September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party* (2006), Producer, Editor
- *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dave-chappelles-block-party.md)
- *I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry* (2004), Director, Editor
- *David Cross: Let America Laugh* (2003), Editor
- *The Work of Director Spike Jonze* (2003), Editor

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