---
name: "Michael L. Sale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-l-sale"
fi1m_id: "michael-l-sale"
imdb_id: "nm0757938"
tmdb_id: 111456
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T16:20:33.374689+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 L. Sale

## Identity

Michael L. Sale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-l-sale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-l-sale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0757938
- **TMDB ID:** 111456
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111456

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Mike L. Sale, Mike Sale, Michael Sale
- **Frequently works with:** [Melissa McCarthy](https://film.one/person/melissa-mccarthy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 55 (3), 2020s 40 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 56 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Action 1, Adventure 1, Drama 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,545m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111456

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bridesmaids*](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Hangover Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-hangover-part-ii.md) (44)
- **HBO Max:** [*Black Adam*](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md) (42)

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

## Biography

Michael L. Sale is a film editor whose credits include *Bridesmaids* (2011), *The Hangover Part II* (2011), *We're the Millers* (2013), *Central Intelligence* (2016), *Get Hard* (2015), *Skyscraper* (2018), *Red Notice* (2021) and *Black Adam* (2022). He has frequently collaborated with director Rawson Marshall Thurber.

Sale began his career in television, working as an assistant editor on series including *L.A. Law*, *Northern Exposure* and *The Wonder Years*, and later editing episodes of *Judging Amy*. His feature work includes additional editing on *Superbad* (2007) and *I Love You, Man* (2009). He received an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award nomination for *Bridesmaids* and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2016.

*Sources: imdb.com, postperspective.com, filmbooster.com, studentfilmmakers.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)
- *Black Adam* (2022), Fi1m 42, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md)
- *Tammy* (2014), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tammy.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *The Hangover Part II* (2011), Fi1m 44, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover-part-ii.md)
- *Superbad* (2007), Fi1m 82, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)
- *Black Adam* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md)
- *Red Notice* (2021), Editor
- *Spenser Confidential* (2020), Editor
- *Satanic Panic* (2019), Editor
- *Skyscraper* (2018), Editor
- *The House* (2017), Editor
- *Central Intelligence* (2016), Editor
- *Get Hard* (2015), Editor
- *Tammy* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/tammy.md)
- *We're the Millers* (2013), Editor
- *Fun Size* (2012), Editor
- *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012), as Additional Editing
- *The Hangover Part II* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover-part-ii.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *Demoted* (2011), Editor
- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), Editor
- *I Love You, Man* (2009), as Additional Editing
- *Superbad* (2007), Additional Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)
- *Wild Things* (1998), First Assistant Editor
- *Voltron*, Editor

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