---
name: "Laura Steiger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-steiger"
fi1m_id: "laura-steiger"
imdb_id: "nm0825327"
tmdb_id: 1439749
roles: ["First assistant editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T13:28:25.160486+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."
---

# Laura Steiger

## Identity

Laura Steiger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-steiger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-steiger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0825327
- **TMDB ID:** 1439749
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825327/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1439749

First assistant editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant editor
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:**  Laura Yanovich
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (1), 2000s 62 (2), 2010s 64 (4), 2020s 48 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 7, Crime 6, Thriller 4, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,449m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825327/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1439749

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Fast X*](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Laura Yanovich, also credited as Laura Steiger, is an American film editor. She began her career editing short films including *Delusion* (2003) and *Me and Daphne* (2002).

She worked extensively as an assistant editor and first assistant editor on studio features, with credits including *Rush Hour* (1998), *Rush Hour 2* (2001), *The Dictator* (2012), *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), *Furious 7* (2015), *Star Trek Beyond* (2016) and *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018).

Yanovich advanced to editor on *Fast X* (2023) and *The Brink of War* (2026). She was born in 1970 in the United States and has been married to Michael Yanovich since 2005.

*Sources: imdb.com, castfacts.com, moviemeter.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)
- *Fast X* (2023), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), Fi1m 52, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), Fi1m 70, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-beyond.md)
- *Furious 7* (2015), Fi1m 66, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/furious-7.md)
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), Fi1m 70, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Fi1m 64, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Fi1m 70, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)
- *Fast X* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-beyond.md)
- *Furious 7* (2015), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/furious-7.md)
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *The Dictator* (2012), Assistant Editor
- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), First Assistant Editor
- *Lucky You* (2007), First Assistant Editor
- *Along Came Polly* (2004), Associate Editor
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Associate Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *The Family Man* (2000), First Assistant Editor
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *Money Talks* (1997), Assistant Editor
- *Sensation* (1994), Assistant Editor

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