---
name: "Karen Schmeer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-schmeer"
fi1m_id: "karen-schmeer"
imdb_id: "nm0772602"
tmdb_id: 73994
wikidata_id: "Q511008"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 February 1970"
died: "29 January 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:08:48.048795+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."
---

# Karen Schmeer

## Identity

Karen Schmeer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-schmeer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-schmeer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0772602
- **TMDB ID:** 73994
- **Wikidata ID:** Q511008
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Schmeer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73994

Editor. Born 20 February 1970 in Portland. Died 29 January 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 February 1970, Portland
- **Died:** 29 January 2010
- **Active:** 1997–2003
- **Frequently works with:** [Errol Morris](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Schmeer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73994

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fog of War*](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fast, Cheap & Out of Control*](https://film.one/film/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Karen Schmeer was a film editor who collaborated extensively with director Errol Morris. Born on 20 February 1970 in Portland, Oregon, she graduated from Boston University with a degree in anthropology in 1992 and began working with Morris as a researcher before editing his 1997 documentary *Fast, Cheap & Out of Control*.

She edited several of Morris's films, including *Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.* (1999) and the Academy Award-winning *The Fog of War* (2003). Other credits include *My Father, the Genius* (2002), *Sergio* (2009), for which she won the Best Editing award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and *Bobby Fischer Against the World* (2011).

Schmeer died on 29 January 2010 in Manhattan, New York, after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run incident.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fog of War* (2003), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *Fast, Cheap & Out of Control* (1997), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Bobby Fischer Against the World* (2011), Editor
- *Sergio* (2009), Editor
- *American Son* (2008), Editor
- *Sketches of Frank Gehry* (2006), Editor
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *A Brilliant Madness* (2002), Editor
- *Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.* (1999), Editor
- *Fast, Cheap & Out of Control* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/karen-schmeer