---
name: "Myron Kerstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/myron-kerstein"
fi1m_id: "myron-kerstein"
imdb_id: "nm0450005"
tmdb_id: 5388
wikidata_id: "Q110864442"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "15 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-27T08:21:16.677322+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."
---

# Myron Kerstein

## Identity

Myron Kerstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/myron-kerstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** myron-kerstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0450005
- **TMDB ID:** 5388
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110864442
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Kerstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110864442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5388

Editor. Born 15 August 1970 in Oceanside, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 15 August 1970, Oceanside, California, USA
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** Myron I. Kerstein
- **Frequently works with:** [Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/person/jon-m-chu.md), [Michelle Yeoh](https://film.one/person/michelle-yeoh.md), [Ariana Grande](https://film.one/person/ariana-grande.md), [Cynthia Erivo](https://film.one/person/cynthia-erivo.md), [Dana Fox](https://film.one/person/dana-fox.md), [David Stone](https://film.one/person/david-stone.md), [Jonathan Bailey](https://film.one/person/jonathan-bailey.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 49 (2), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 64 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 2, Music 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,607m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Kerstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110864442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5388

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*tick, tick... BOOM!*](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md) (72), [*Wicked: For Good*](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) (64)
- **Peacock:** [*Wicked*](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) (70)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Movie 43*](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md) (24)

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

## Biography

Myron I. Kerstein is an American film editor. Born on 15 August 1970 in Oceanside, California, he has worked on a range of feature films and television series since the late 1990s.

He is known for his collaborations with director Jon M. Chu on *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), *In the Heights* (2021), *Wicked* (2024) and *Wicked: For Good* (2025). Other credits include *Garden State* (2004), *The Dukes of Hazzard* (2005), *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), *Little Fockers* (2010), *Going in Style* (2017) and *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021).

Kerstein received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2022) and *Wicked* (2025). He has also won two American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *Movie 43* (2013), Fi1m 24, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Spirited* (2022), Additional Editor
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *In the Heights* (2021), Editor
- *The House of Tomorrow* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *Going in Style* (2017), Editor
- *Join the Club* (2016), Editor
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), Editor
- *Paradise* (2013), Editor
- *The English Teacher* (2013), Editor
- *Movie 43* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *LOL* (2012), Editor
- *Glee: The Concert Movie* (2011), Editor
- *Little Fockers* (2010), Editor
- *Peep World* (2010), Editorial Consultant
- *Fame* (2009), Editor
- *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), Editor
- *The Promotion* (2008), Editor
- *The Great Buck Howard* (2008), Editor
- *Chapter 27* (2007), Additional Editor
- *Eagle vs Shark* (2007), Creative Consultant
- *American Dreamz* (2006), Editor
- *The Dukes of Hazzard* (2005), Editor
- *In Good Company* (2004), Editor
- *Garden State* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Chrystal* (2004), Editor
- *Camp* (2003), Editor, Title Designer
- *Raising Victor Vargas* (2003), Editor
- *Love in the Time of Money* (2002), Editor
- *Hedwig and the Angry Inch* (2001), Additional Editor
- *Spring Forward* (2000), Assistant Editor
- *The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy* (1999), Editor
- *Black and White* (1999), Editor
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)
- *First Love, Last Rites* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *Office Killer* (1997), Assistant Editor
- *The Daytrippers* (1997), Production Assistant
- *MONSTERS: The Making of LOVE GOD* (1997), Editor
- *Alkali, Iowa* (1995), Production Assistant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2025: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Wicked*
- 2022: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Tick, Tick... Boom!*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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