---
name: "Jeff Gourson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-gourson"
fi1m_id: "jeff-gourson"
imdb_id: "nm0332718"
tmdb_id: 12865
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "30 January 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:43:03.353200+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 Gourson

## Identity

Jeff Gourson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-gourson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-gourson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0332718
- **TMDB ID:** 12865
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12865

Editor. Born 30 January 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 30 January 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1975–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Sandler](https://film.one/person/adam-sandler.md), [Jack Giarraputo](https://film.one/person/jack-giarraputo.md), [Dennis Dugan](https://film.one/person/dennis-dugan.md), [Tim Herlihy](https://film.one/person/tim-herlihy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 93 (1), 1990s 55 (1), 2000s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $946m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12865

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Click*](https://film.one/film/click.md) (58)
- **Netflix:** [*Big Daddy*](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Jeff Gourson is an American film editor and producer. Born on 30 January 1946 in Los Angeles, California, he began his career as an assistant editor on films including *Jaws* (1975) before receiving full editing credits from the late 1970s.

His editing work includes *Tron* (1982), *Happy Gilmore* (1996), *Big Daddy* (1999), *50 First Dates* (2004), *White Chicks* (2004), *The Longest Yard* (2005), *Click* (2006) and *I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry* (2007). He has also served as a producer on the television series *Quantum Leap*, for which he received three Emmy Award nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Click* (2006), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *Big Daddy* (1999), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)
- *Jaws* (1975), Fi1m 93, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry* (2007), Editor
- *Click* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *The Longest Yard* (2005), Editor
- *White Chicks* (2004), Editor
- *50 First Dates* (2004), Editor
- *Anger Management* (2003), Editor
- *Mr. Deeds* (2002), Editor
- *The Animal* (2001), Editor, Second Unit Director
- *Little Nicky* (2000), Editor
- *Mail to the Chief* (2000), Editor
- *Big Daddy* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)
- *Love Boat: The Next Wave* (1998), series, Editor
- *Shadow of Doubt* (1998), Editor
- *Mr. Headmistress* (1998), Editor
- *Beverly Hills Ninja* (1997), Editor
- *Happy Gilmore* (1996), Editor
- *Burke's Law* (1994), series, Editor
- *Tequila and Bonetti* (1992), series, Producer
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, Producer, Co-Producer, Associate Producer
- *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), Editor
- *Can't Buy Me Love* (1987), Editor
- *Flight of the Navigator* (1986), Editor
- *Perfect* (1985), Editor
- *Mike's Murder* (1984), Editor
- *Tron* (1982), Editor
- *The Incredible Shrinking Woman* (1981), Editor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, Editor
- *Somewhere in Time* (1980), Editor
- *FM* (1978), Editor
- *September 30, 1955* (1977), Editor
- *Jaws* (1975), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/jaws.md)
- *The Sugarland Express* (1974), Assistant Editor

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