---
name: "Melissa Bretherton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-bretherton"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:34:26.815574+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."
---

# Melissa Bretherton

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1993–2016
- **Also known as:** Mellissa Bretherton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $361m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1500697

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Melissa Bretherton is a film editor. She began her career in the editorial department, working as an assistant editor and apprentice editor on films including *Raging Bull* (1980, credited as Mellissa Bretherton), *Heaven's Gate* (1980) and *Caddyshack* (1980). She later served as first assistant editor on titles such as *Falling Down* (1993).

Bretherton has edited feature films including *Steal Me* (2005), *Rapture-Palooza* (2013), *Spy* (2015), *Ghostbusters* (2016), *Snatched* (2017), *Long Shot* (2019), *Lady and the Tramp* (2019), *Happiest Season* (2020), *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* (2022) and *Me Time* (2022). She has also worked as an additional editor on comedies such as *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), *Knocked Up* (2007), *Step Brothers* (2008) and *The Heat* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, oak3.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *A Family Affair* (2024), Editor
- *Me Time* (2022), Editor
- *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* (2022), Editor
- *Happiest Season* (2020), Editor
- *Lady and the Tramp* (2019), Editor
- *Long Shot* (2019), Editor
- *Snatched* (2017), Editor
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Spy* (2015), Editor
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), Editor
- *Rapture-Palooza* (2013), Editor
- *Arthur* (2011), First Assistant Editor
- *Step Brothers* (2008), Additional Editor
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Additional Editor
- *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), Additional Editor
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *The Adventures of Pluto Nash* (2002), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md)
- *Mission to Mars* (2000), Visual Effects Editor
- *Falling Down* (1993), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Outrageous Fortune* (1987), Assistant Editor
- *The Lonely Guy* (1984), Assistant Editor

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