---
name: "Kent Beyda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kent-beyda"
fi1m_id: "kent-beyda"
imdb_id: "nm0079879"
tmdb_id: 13584
wikidata_id: "Q6391622"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "11 October 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-15T04:03:20.118973+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."
---

# Kent Beyda

## Identity

Kent Beyda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kent-beyda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kent-beyda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079879
- **TMDB ID:** 13584
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6391622
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beyda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6391622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13584

Editor. Born 11 October 1953 in Bethesda.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 11 October 1953, Bethesda
- **Active:** 1984–2016
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 2000s 53 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 60 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $878m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beyda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6391622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13584

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Scooby-Doo*](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md) (48)

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## Biography

Kent Beyda is an American film editor. Born on 11 October 1953 in Bethesda, Maryland, he began his career as an assistant editor on films including *Opening Night* (1977) and *Rock 'n' Roll High School* (1979). He received his first editing credit on *Saturday the 14th* (1981).

Beyda edited the mockumentary *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984) and later worked on *Fright Night* (1985), *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), *The Flintstones* (1994), *Scooby-Doo* (2002) and its sequel, and *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016). He has edited several films directed by or starring Billy Crystal, including *Mr. Saturday Night* (1992), *Forget Paris* (1995) and *Here Today* (2021). He is a member of the American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Robots* (2005), Fi1m 62, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Fi1m 48, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Before* (2024), series, Editor
- *Here Today* (2021), Editor
- *The Angry Birds Movie 2* (2019), Editor
- *The Witch Files* (2018), Editor
- *Dear Dictator* (2018), Editor
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Editor
- *Parental Guidance* (2012), Editor
- *Mac & Devin Go to High School* (2012), Editor
- *Yogi Bear* (2010), Editor
- *Jonah Hex* (2010), Editor
- *S. Darko* (2009), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Robots* (2005), Thanks, Additional Editing — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), Editor
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *Big Momma's House* (2000), Editor
- *The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas* (2000), Editor
- *The Out-of-Towners* (1999), Editor
- *George of the Jungle* (1997), Additional Editor
- *Jingle All the Way* (1996), Editor
- *Forget Paris* (1995), Editor
- *The Flintstones* (1994), Editor
- *Mr. Saturday Night* (1992), Editor
- *True Identity* (1991), Editor
- *Fear* (1990), Editor
- *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), Editor
- *Alien Nation* (1988), Editor
- *Innerspace* (1987), Editor
- *Out of Bounds* (1986), Editor
- *Fright Night* (1985), Editor
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)
- *Get Crazy* (1983), Editor
- *Saturday the 14th* (1981), Editor
- *Rock 'n' Roll High School* (1979), Assistant Editor

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