---
name: "Kim Secrist"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-secrist"
fi1m_id: "kim-secrist"
imdb_id: "nm0781203"
tmdb_id: 67865
roles: ["Sound effects editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T02:23:35.998229+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."
---

# Kim Secrist

## Identity

Kim Secrist

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-secrist
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-secrist
- **IMDb ID:** nm0781203
- **TMDB ID:** 67865
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67865

Sound effects editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Sound effects editor
- **Active:** 1984–2006
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 77 (1), 2000s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $534m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67865

## Biography

Kim Secrist is an American film editor and sound editor. She began her career in the early 1980s with editing credits on features including *Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann* (1982) and *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984).

Secrist later worked extensively in sound editing and effects on numerous films and television productions. Her credits include sound editor on *Under Siege* (1992), *Crimson Tide* (1995) and *Collateral* (2004), and sound effects editor on *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), *Collateral Damage* (2002), *Holes* (2003) and *Miami Vice* (2006).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Miami Vice* (2006), Fi1m 67, Sound Effects Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), Fi1m 72, Sound Effects Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fast-and-the-furious.md)
- *Under Siege* (1992), Fi1m 77, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Miami Vice* (2006), Sound Effects Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *Collateral* (2004), Sound Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Hollywood Homicide* (2003), Sound Effects Editor
- *Holes* (2003), Sound Editor
- *Basic* (2003), Sound Effects Editor
- *Collateral Damage* (2002), Sound Effects Editor
- *Domestic Disturbance* (2001), Sound Effects Editor
- *The Shrink Is In* (2001), Sound Editor
- *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), Sound Effects Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fast-and-the-furious.md)
- *Dude, Where's My Car?* (2000), Dialogue Editor
- *Dudley Do-Right* (1999), Dialogue Editor
- *Blast from the Past* (1999), Sound Effects Editor
- *Another Day in Paradise* (1998), Sound Effects Editor
- *Poodle Springs* (1998), Foley Editor
- *Kissing a Fool* (1998), Sound Editor
- *The Ghost and the Darkness* (1996), Sound Effects Editor
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), Sound Editor
- *Milk Money* (1994), Sound Effects Editor
- *Under Siege* (1992), Sound Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *Death Ring* (1992), Editor
- *Memoirs of an Invisible Man* (1992), Sound Editor
- *Career Opportunities* (1991), Sound Editor
- *Teen Wolf Too* (1987), Editor
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, Editor
- *Nine 1/2 Weeks* (1986), as Additional Editing
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)
- *Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann* (1982), Editor

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