---
name: "Melissa Remenarich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-remenarich"
fi1m_id: "melissa-remenarich"
imdb_id: "nm0718898"
tmdb_id: 1418411
wikidata_id: "Q122451134"
roles: ["First assistant editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-10T11:56:27.735225+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 Remenarich

## Identity

Melissa Remenarich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melissa-remenarich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melissa-remenarich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0718898
- **TMDB ID:** 1418411
- **Wikidata ID:** Q122451134
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122451134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1418411

First assistant editor.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant editor
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo, Melissa Aperlo-Remenarich
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 50 (2), 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 31 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 63 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, War 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,473m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122451134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1418411

## Biography

Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo is a film and television editor. She began her career in the editorial department, working as an assistant editor and first assistant editor on features including *One Eight Seven* (1997), *American Pie 2* (2001), *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), *300* (2007), *Watchmen* (2009), *Sucker Punch* (2011), *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014) and *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017).

She has since taken on lead editing roles, including *The Last Summer* (2019), *Crush* (2022) and the forthcoming *The Last Photograph* (2026). Her television credits as editor include episodes of *Home Before Dark* (2020–2021) and *The Game* (2022–2023). She has also contributed additional editing to *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018).

Remenarich-Aperlo has been married to Peter Aperlo since 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, editorsguild.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Last Photograph* (2026), Fi1m 31, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-photograph.md)
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Fi1m 74, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Fi1m 74, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *300* (2007), Fi1m 52, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/300.md)
- *American Pie 2* (2001), Fi1m 49, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Last Photograph* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-photograph.md)
- *Happy Thanksgiving* (2024), Editor
- *Crush* (2022), Editor
- *The Last Summer* (2019), Editor
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Join the Club* (2016), Editor
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *In a World...* (2013), Assistant Editor
- *Sucker Punch* (2011), First Assistant Editor
- *Watchmen* (2009), First Assistant Editor
- *300* (2007), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/300.md)
- *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), First Assistant Editor
- *Art of Revenge* (2003), Editor
- *Auto Focus* (2002), Assistant Editor
- *A Little Inside* (2002), Editor
- *American Pie 2* (2001), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)
- *One Eight Seven* (1997), Assistant Editor
- *The Broadcast*, series, Editor

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