---
name: "Michael Economou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-economou"
fi1m_id: "michael-economou"
imdb_id: "nm0248785"
tmdb_id: 72142
wikidata_id: "Q95783272"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 October 1928"
died: "22 July 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:24:30.529475+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."
---

# Michael Economou

## Identity

Michael Economou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-economou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-economou
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248785
- **TMDB ID:** 72142
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95783272
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95783272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72142

Producer. Born 30 October 1928 in Greece. Died 22 July 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 October 1928, Greece
- **Died:** 22 July 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95783272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72142

## Biography

Michael Economou was a film and television editor and producer. Born in Greece on 30 October 1928, he moved to the United States in 1956 and graduated from UCLA. He worked extensively in editing, with credits including *The Four Seasons* (1981), *Sweet Liberty* (1986) and *Speed Zone* (1989).

Economou won a Primetime Emmy Award for film editing on the television series *The Bold Ones: The Senator* (1970–1971). He also served as associate producer on several projects, including *The Four Seasons*. He taught film editing for writers at the University of Southern California and was a member of the Editors, Writers and Producers Guilds. He died on 22 July 2020 in Studio City, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, legacy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Four Seasons* (1981), Fi1m 65, Editor, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-four-seasons-1981.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Crown Heights* (2004), Editor
- *The Ballad of Lucy Whipple* (2001), Editor
- *His Bodyguard* (1998), Editor
- *The Hired Heart* (1997), Editor
- *Color of Justice* (1997), Editor
- *Miami Hustle* (1996), Editor
- *Star Struck* (1994), Editor
- *Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story* (1993), Editor
- *Space Case* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Speed Zone* (1989), Editor
- *Goddess of Love* (1988), Editor
- *Courage* (1986), Editor
- *Sweet Liberty* (1986), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Embassy* (1985), Editor
- *Playing with Fire* (1985), Supervising Editor
- *Child Bride of Short Creek* (1981), Associate Producer, Editor
- *The Four Seasons* (1981), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-four-seasons-1981.md)
- *Friendly Fire* (1980), Editor
- *S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert* (1980), Editor
- *Overboard* (1978), Editor
- *Harper Valley P.T.A.* (1978), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Top Secret* (1978), Editor, Associate Producer
- *A Little Game* (1977), Editor
- *A Sensitive, Passionate Man* (1977), Editor
- *The Death of Richie* (1977), Editor
- *John Hus* (1977), Director
- *Off the Edge* (1976), Editor
- *The Trial of Billy Jack* (1974), Editor
- *Hell River* (1974), Editor
- *The Deadly Trackers* (1973), Editor
- *Five on the Black Hand Side* (1973), Editor
- *The Naked Ape* (1973), Editor
- *They Call It Murder* (1971), Editor
- *Death Takes a Holiday* (1971), Editor
- *Once Upon a Dead Man* (1971), Editor
- *Daughter of the Mind* (1969), Editor

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