---
name: "Mitchell Sinoway"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mitchell-sinoway"
fi1m_id: "mitchell-sinoway"
imdb_id: "nm0802514"
tmdb_id: 82237
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:41:06.506327+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."
---

# Mitchell Sinoway

## Identity

Mitchell Sinoway

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mitchell-sinoway
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mitchell-sinoway
- **IMDb ID:** nm0802514
- **TMDB ID:** 82237
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82237

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1983–1988
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Music 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $337m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82237

## Biography

Mitchell Sinoway is a film and television editor. His early credits include associate editor on *Flashdance* (1983), additional editor on *Purple Rain* (1984), and assistant editor on *Silverado* (1985). He later edited features such as *Modern Girls* (1986), *Hot Pursuit* (1987) and *Moonwalker* (1988).

Sinoway has edited numerous concert films, music videos and television series, including episodes of *Stuck in the Middle* (2016–2018) and *Tyler Perry's Assisted Living* (2021–2026). He has also directed several music videos and live performance films.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Moonwalker* (1988), Fi1m 40, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Purple Rain* (1984), Fi1m 72, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Associate Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Stuck In The Waterpark* (2017), Editor
- *Baby, Baby, Baby* (2015), Editor
- *Michael Jackson: The One* (2004), Editor
- *Fleetwood Mac: The Dance* (1997), Editor
- *Van Halen - Live: Right Here, Right Now* (1993), Director, Editor
- *Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos* (1991), Editor
- *Moonwalker* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Madonna: Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy* (1988), Director, Editor
- *Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night* (1988), Editor
- *Madonna: Who's That Girl - Live in Japan* (1987), Director, Editor
- *Hot Pursuit* (1987), Editor
- *Modern Girls* (1986), Editor
- *Silverado* (1985), Assistant Editor
- *Purple Rain* (1984), Additional Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Associate Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

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