---
name: "Lisa Zeno Churgin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lisa-zeno-churgin"
fi1m_id: "lisa-zeno-churgin"
imdb_id: "nm0161497"
tmdb_id: 11625
wikidata_id: "Q1827827"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T11:32:44.967992+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."
---

# Lisa Zeno Churgin

## Identity

Lisa Zeno Churgin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lisa-zeno-churgin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lisa-zeno-churgin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0161497
- **TMDB ID:** 11625
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1827827
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Zeno_Churgin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1827827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11625

Editor. Born 20 January 1955 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 January 1955, United States
- **Active:** 1981–2012
- **Also known as:** Lisa Churgin
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 75 (3), 2000s 39 (1), 2010s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Music 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $686m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Zeno_Churgin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1827827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11625

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Pitch Perfect*](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md) (77), [*The Cider House Rules*](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md) (61)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Man Walking*](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gattaca*](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*The Ugly Truth*](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md) (39)

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

## Biography

Lisa Zeno Churgin is an American film editor. Born on 20 January 1955, she graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in English and began her career as an assistant editor on films including *The Warriors* (1979) and *Raging Bull* (1980).

Her editing credits include *Dead Man Walking* (1995), *Gattaca* (1997), *The Cider House Rules* (1999), *The Wedding Planner* (2001), *In Her Shoes* (2005), *Pitch Perfect* (2012) and *The Old Man & the Gun* (2018). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for *The Cider House Rules* and a Satellite Award nomination for *House of Sand and Fog* (2003).

Churgin has been a member of the American Cinema Editors and served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild since 2002.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md)
- *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Fi1m 39, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md)
- *The Cider House Rules* (1999), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Mask* (1985), Fi1m 81, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Fi1m 47, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Southern Comfort* (1981), Fi1m 81, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Goodrich* (2024), Editor
- *Daddio* (2024), Editor
- *Peter Pan & Wendy* (2023), Editor
- *Through the Glass Darkly* (2020), Editor
- *An American Pickle* (2020), Editor
- *The Old Man & the Gun* (2018), Editor
- *Pete's Dragon* (2016), Editor
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Editor
- *Barely Lethal* (2015), Editor
- *Trophy Wife* (2013), series, Editor
- *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md)
- *One for the Money* (2012), Editor
- *Priest* (2011), Editor
- *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md)
- *Pride and Glory* (2008), Editor
- *Henry Poole Is Here* (2008), Editor
- *The Last Kiss* (2006), Editor
- *In Her Shoes* (2005), Editor
- *Mozart and the Whale* (2005), Editor
- *House of Sand and Fog* (2003), Editor
- *Waking Up in Reno* (2002), Editor
- *Moonlight Mile* (2002), Editor
- *The Wedding Planner* (2001), Editor
- *The Cider House Rules* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md)
- *200 Cigarettes* (1999), Editor
- *Gattaca* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), Editor
- *Reality Bites* (1994), Editor
- *The Wrong Man* (1993), Editor
- *Samantha* (1992), Editor
- *Bob Roberts* (1992), Editor
- *Closet Land* (1991), Editor
- *Love at Large* (1990), Editor
- *Vibes* (1988), First Assistant Editor
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Mask* (1985), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Solo* (1984), Editor
- *Southern Comfort* (1981), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2000: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Cider House Rules*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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