---
name: "Melvin Shapiro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melvin-shapiro"
fi1m_id: "melvin-shapiro"
imdb_id: "nm0788584"
tmdb_id: 1048
wikidata_id: "Q54065135"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "6 May 1925"
died: "4 December 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:03:21.752857+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."
---

# Melvin Shapiro

## Identity

Melvin Shapiro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melvin-shapiro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melvin-shapiro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0788584
- **TMDB ID:** 1048
- **Wikidata ID:** Q54065135
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54065135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1048

Editor. Born 6 May 1925 in United States. Died 4 December 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 6 May 1925, United States
- **Died:** 4 December 2007
- **Active:** 1971–1976
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54065135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1048

## Biography

Melvin Shapiro (1925–2007) was an American film and television editor. He began working in editing in the late 1950s and contributed to around sixty productions over the following decades.

Shapiro edited *Taxi Driver* (1976) with Marcia Lucas and Tom Rolf. He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Film Editing for the film. His other feature credits include *Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here* (1969), *Finian's Rainbow* (1968), *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971, as associate editor), *Ice Castles* (1978) and *No Small Affair* (1984). He also edited episodes of series such as *Mork & Mindy*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Fi1m 82, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair* (1988), Editor
- *Fatal Judgement* (1988), Editor
- *Backfire* (1988), Editor
- *Triplecross* (1986), Editor
- *Child's Cry* (1986), Editor
- *Consenting Adult* (1985), Editor
- *No Small Affair* (1984), Editor
- *Where the Boys Are* (1984), Editor
- *Sins of the Past* (1984), Editor
- *The Kid From Nowhere* (1982), Editor
- *Student Bodies* (1981), Associate Producer
- *The Babysitter* (1980), Editor
- *Portrait of a Stripper* (1979), Editor
- *Anatomy of a Seduction* (1979), Editor
- *The Billion Dollar Threat* (1979), Editor
- *Ice Castles* (1978), Editor
- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, Editor
- *American Hot Wax* (1978), Editor
- *The Hostage Heart* (1977), Editor
- *Billy Jack Goes to Washington* (1977), Editor
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Strange New World* (1975), Editor
- *The Last Survivors* (1975), Editor
- *Smile Jenny, You're Dead* (1974), Editor
- *Arnold* (1973), Editor
- *Terror in the Wax Museum* (1973), Editor
- *Hunter* (1973), Editor
- *The Woman Hunter* (1972), Editor
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), Editor
- *Monty Nash* (1971), series, Editor
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Associate Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *The McMasters* (1970), Editor
- *Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here* (1969), Editor
- *Finian's Rainbow* (1968), Editor
- *Good Times* (1967), Editor
- *The Glory Guys* (1965), Editor
- *Rider on a Dead Horse* (1962), Editor
- *Burden Of Truth* (1957), Editor

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