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name: "Michael D. Ornstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-d-ornstein"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:37:45.252491+00:00"
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# Michael D. Ornstein

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1984–1990
- **Also known as:** Michael Ornstein, Michael Ornstein, ACE
- **Works often with:** Aaron Lipstadt, Daniel Sackheim, David Black, Dick Wolf, Douglas Ibold, Ed Zuckerman

## Biography

Michael D. Ornstein is a film and television editor, also credited as Michael Ornstein and Michael Ornstein, ACE. He began his career in the editorial department, serving as associate editor on the 1981 film *Halloween II*.

Ornstein edited episodes of the series *Miami Vice* (1984) and *Law & Order* (1990). His later credits include *Californication* (2007–2014), *V* (2009), *The Big C* (2010), *Madam Secretary* (2014–2018) and the television film *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007).

He won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding single-camera picture editing for a miniseries or movie for *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee*.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Editor

## Also known for

- *Halloween II* (1981), Associate Editor
- *Californication* (2007), Editor
- *V* (2009), Editor
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), Editor
- *The Big C* (2010), Editor
- *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007), Editor
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), Editor
- *The Magic of Ordinary Days* (2005), Editor

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