---
name: "Lauren A. Schaffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-a-schaffer"
fi1m_id: "lauren-a-schaffer"
imdb_id: "nm0769843"
tmdb_id: 19712
wikidata_id: "Q23042242"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T00:06:00.260996+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."
---

# Lauren A. Schaffer

## Identity

Lauren A. Schaffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-a-schaffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lauren-a-schaffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0769843
- **TMDB ID:** 19712
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23042242
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23042242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19712

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1999–2018
- **Also known as:** Lauren Schaffer
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Bill Johnson](https://film.one/person/bill-johnson.md), [Jessica Yu](https://film.one/person/jessica-yu.md), [Michael Engler](https://film.one/person/michael-engler.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23042242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19712

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91), [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Lauren A. Schaffer is a film and television editor. She began her career in the mid-1980s as an assistant editor on feature films including *Weird Science* (1985), *American Ninja* (1985), *American Flyers* (1985) and *Days of Thunder* (1990).

Schaffer has edited episodes of numerous television series. Her credits include *The West Wing* (2001–2002), *Deadwood* (2004), *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001–2002), *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), *Revenge* (2011), *The Rookie* (2018) and *The Summer I Turned Pretty* (2022). She received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Choose Love* (2023), Editor
- *When the Streetlights Go On* (2020), series, Editor
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Editor
- *Revenge* (2011), series, Editorial Services
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, Editor
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, Editor
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Defenders: Taking the First* (1998), Editor
- *The Defenders: Choice of Evils* (1998), Editor
- *The Defenders: Payback* (1997), Editor
- *Alibi* (1997), Editor
- *Kiss and Tell* (1996), Editor
- *Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings* (1995), Editor
- *See Jane Run* (1995), Editor
- *Pet Shop* (1994), Editor
- *Brain Smasher... A Love Story* (1993), Editor
- *Dollman vs. Demonic Toys* (1993), Additional Editor
- *Doctor Mordrid* (1992), Editor
- *Trancers III* (1992), Editor
- *American Ninja* (1985), Assistant Editor
- *American Flyers* (1985), Assistant Editor

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