---
name: "Sam Bauer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-bauer"
fi1m_id: "sam-bauer"
imdb_id: "nm0061926"
tmdb_id: 1591
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T07:59:30.657185+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."
---

# Sam Bauer

## Identity

Sam Bauer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-bauer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-bauer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0061926
- **TMDB ID:** 1591
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1591

Editor. Born in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1591

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Donnie Darko*](https://film.one/film/donnie-darko.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Sam Bauer is an American film editor. Born and raised in Chicago, he graduated from the University of Iowa, where he studied philosophy and English in the Writer's Workshop. He is based in Los Angeles.

Bauer edited Richard Kelly's *Donnie Darko* (2001) and *Southland Tales* (2006). His other credits include *The Box* (2009), *Hours* (2013) and *The Driftless Area* (2015). He has also worked in sound design and as a composer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Donnie Darko* (2001), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-darko.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Are You There* (2024), Music, Editor
- *Are You There* (2024), Music
- *Good Thief* (2021), Executive Producer, Editor, Sound Designer
- *The Reason* (2020), Editor
- *12 Rounds 3: Lockdown* (2015), Editor
- *The Driftless Area* (2015), Editor
- *The Atticus Institute* (2015), Editor
- *Hollows Grove* (2014), Editor
- *Alien Abduction* (2014), Editor
- *Hours* (2013), Editor
- *The Box* (2009), Editor
- *Southland Tales* (2007), Editor
- *This Is the Way the World Ends* (2007), Music
- *Dark Ride* (2006), Editor
- *39 Pounds of Love* (2005), Editor
- *Donnie Darko* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-darko.md)
- *Visceral Matter* (1997), Editor

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