---
name: "Josh Schaeffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-schaeffer"
fi1m_id: "josh-schaeffer"
imdb_id: "nm2317505"
tmdb_id: 1324035
wikidata_id: "Q61994727"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T00:06:39.338256+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."
---

# Josh Schaeffer

## Identity

Josh Schaeffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-schaeffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-schaeffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm2317505
- **TMDB ID:** 1324035
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61994727
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61994727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2317505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1324035

Editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Wingard](https://film.one/person/adam-wingard.md), [Brian Tyree Henry](https://film.one/person/brian-tyree-henry.md), [Dan Stevens](https://film.one/person/dan-stevens.md), [Jon Jashni](https://film.one/person/jon-jashni.md), [Kaylee Hottle](https://film.one/person/kaylee-hottle.md), [Mary Parent](https://film.one/person/mary-parent.md), [Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/person/rebecca-hall.md), [Simon Barrett](https://film.one/person/simon-barrett.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 56 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 58 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,165m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61994727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2317505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1324035

## Coming up

- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027-03-25), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*You're the Worst*](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md) (76), [*65*](https://film.one/film/65.md) (47)
- **Apple TV:** [*Molly's Game*](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md) (70), [*Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Josh Schaeffer is a film and television editor. He has worked extensively in the Monsterverse franchise, serving as editor on *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021) and *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), and as additional editor on *Kong: Skull Island* (2017) and *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019).

His other feature credits include *Molly's Game* (2017), *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019), *65* (2023) and *Ghosted* (2023). Schaeffer has also edited episodes of television series including *You're the Worst* (2014–2016) and *The Last Man on Earth* (2015–2017).

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Onslaught* (2026), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/onslaught.md)
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Fi1m 57, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *65* (2023), Fi1m 47, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *You're the Worst* (2014), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027), Editor
- *Onslaught* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/onslaught.md)
- *National Anthem* (2024), Editor
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *Ghosted* (2023), Editor
- *65* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *The Mandela Effect* (2019), Editor
- *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019), Editor
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *Mildred and the Dying Parlor* (2016), Editor
- *Demonic* (2015), Editor
- *You're the Worst* (2014), series, Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)
- *Would You Rather* (2013), Editor
- *Brotherhood* (2010), Editor

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