---
name: "Sally Menke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sally-menke"
fi1m_id: "sally-menke"
imdb_id: "nm0579673"
tmdb_id: 156
wikidata_id: "Q273379"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 December 1953"
died: "27 September 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T21:13:23.820682+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."
---

# Sally Menke

## Identity

Sally Menke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sally-menke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sally-menke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0579673
- **TMDB ID:** 156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q273379
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Menke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156

Editor. Born 17 December 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. Died 27 September 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 December 1953, Mineola, New York, USA
- **Died:** 27 September 2010
- **Active:** 1990–2009
- **Also known as:** Sally Jo Menke
- **Frequently works with:** [Quentin Tarantino](https://film.one/person/quentin-tarantino.md), [Lawrence Bender](https://film.one/person/lawrence-bender.md), [Uma Thurman](https://film.one/person/uma-thurman.md), [Daryl Hannah](https://film.one/person/daryl-hannah.md), [David Carradine](https://film.one/person/david-carradine.md), [Michael Madsen](https://film.one/person/michael-madsen.md), [Samuel L. Jackson](https://film.one/person/samuel-l-jackson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (4), 2000s 76 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 65 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 6, Crime 5, Action 4, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,179m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Menke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kill Bill: Vol. 2*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md) (77), [*Kill Bill: Vol. 1*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md) (72), [*Death Proof*](https://film.one/film/death-proof.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Inglourious Basterds*](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) (92)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pulp Fiction*](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Sally Menke was an American film editor. Born Sally JoAnne Menke in Mineola, New York, on 17 December 1953, she died on 27 September 2010. She graduated from New York University and began her career editing both documentaries and narrative films in the 1980s.

Menke maintained a long collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, editing all of his films from *Reservoir Dogs* (1992) through *Inglourious Basterds* (2009). Her credits include *Pulp Fiction* (1994), *Jackie Brown* (1997), *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004) and *Death Proof* (2007). She received Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing for *Pulp Fiction* and *Inglourious Basterds*. Other credits include *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), *Heaven & Earth* (1993) and *All the Pretty Horses* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, archive.nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Death Proof* (2007), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/death-proof.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Jackie Brown* (1997), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jackie-brown.md)
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair* (2011), Editor
- *Peacock* (2010), Editor
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Death Proof* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/death-proof.md)
- *Planet Terror* (2007), Editor
- *Grindhouse* (2007), Editor
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Daddy and Them* (2001), Editor
- *All the Pretty Horses* (2000), Editor, Executive Producer
- *Jackie Brown* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/jackie-brown.md)
- *Nightwatch* (1997), Editor
- *Mulholland Falls* (1996), Editor
- *Four Rooms* (1995), Editor
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *Heaven & Earth* (1993), Editor
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)
- *The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe* (1991), Editor
- *Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity* (1990), Editor
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *The Congress* (1989), Editor
- *Bingo Inferno: A Parody on American Obsessions* (1987), Producer
- *Tom Goes to the Bar* (1985), Editor
- *Cold Feet* (1984), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2010: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Inglourious Basterds*
- 1995: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Pulp Fiction*

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

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