---
name: "Michael Jablow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-jablow"
fi1m_id: "michael-jablow"
imdb_id: "nm0413013"
tmdb_id: 12940
wikidata_id: "Q3308265"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T02:10:37.855096+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 Jablow

## Identity

Michael Jablow

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-jablow
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-jablow
- **IMDb ID:** nm0413013
- **TMDB ID:** 12940
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3308265
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12940

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1987–2010
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (2), 1990s 66 (2), 2000s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Crime 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $489m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12940

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Throw Momma from the Train*](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md) (68), [*Boomerang*](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md) (60)
- **Hulu:** [*The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Muppet Treasure Island*](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md) (73)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Contender*](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Michael Jablow is an American film editor. He began his career in the late 1970s as an assistant editor on films including *Hair* (1979) and *Brubaker* (1980), after studying at New York University, Goddard College and the School of Visual Arts. He became a full editor with *Modern Problems* (1981) and has since worked on more than thirty feature films.

His credits include *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), *The Contender* (2000), *The Last Castle* (2001), *Old School* (2003), *She's the Man* (2006) and *The Game Plan* (2007). Jablow has been nominated for American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has served as head of the editing discipline at the American Film Institute and as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.

*Sources: imdb.com, polishfilmla.org, catalog.afi.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Old School* (2003), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *The Contender* (2000), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md)
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *Boomerang* (1992), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Meet Me Next Christmas* (2024), Editor
- *Christmas with You* (2022), Editor
- *Chasing Titles Vol. 1* (2017), Editor
- *The Perfect Match* (2016), Editor
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Editor
- *Mean Girls 2* (2011), Editor
- *Blue Mountain State* (2010), series, Editor
- *Bring It On: Fight to the Finish* (2009), Editor
- *The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard* (2009), Editor
- *Alien Trespass* (2009), Editor
- *The Game Plan* (2007), Editor
- *She's the Man* (2006), Editor
- *Beauty Shop* (2005), Editor
- *New York Minute* (2004), Editor
- *Old School* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *The Last Castle* (2001), Editor
- *61** (2001), Editor
- *The Contender* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md)
- *Screwed* (2000), Editor
- *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), Editor
- *Homegrown* (1998), Editor
- *Breast Men* (1997), Editor
- *Commandments* (1997), Editor
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *For Better or Worse* (1995), Editor
- *Little Big League* (1994), Editor
- *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), Editor
- *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), Editor
- *Mom and Dad Save the World* (1992), Editor
- *Boomerang* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *The Marrying Man* (1991), Editor
- *Family of Spies* (1990), series, Editor
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8* (1987), Editor
- *Tonight's the Night* (1987), Editor
- *When the Bough Breaks* (1986), Editor
- *Acceptable Risks* (1986), Editor
- *Copacabana* (1985), Editor
- *California Girls* (1985), Editor
- *The Wild Life* (1984), Editor
- *Get Crazy* (1983), Editor
- *Modern Problems* (1981), Editor

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