---
name: "Scott K. Wallace"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/scott-k-wallace"
fi1m_id: "scott-k-wallace"
imdb_id: "nm0006730"
tmdb_id: 68500
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T11:04:53.694500+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."
---

# Scott K. Wallace

## Identity

Scott K. Wallace

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/scott-k-wallace
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** scott-k-wallace
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006730
- **TMDB ID:** 68500
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68500

Editor. Born in Berkeley, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1980–2006
- **Also known as:** Scott Wallace 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 2000s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $135m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68500

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Scott K. Wallace is an American film and television editor. Born in January 1955 in Berkeley, California, he began his career in the editorial department, working as assistant editor on *Airplane!* (1980), *Sixteen Candles* (1984) and *The Breakfast Club* (1985).

He later edited feature films including *Weird Science* (1985), *Child's Play 3* (1991) and *Ski Patrol* (1990). Wallace has edited episodes of television series such as *Dexter* (2006, four episodes), *One Tree Hill* (2006–2008), *The Dead Zone* (2007), *Eyes* (2005–2007) and *Fairly Legal* (2011–2012).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Fi1m 75, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Airplane!* (1980), Fi1m 89, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Rambo* (2008), Additional Editor
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *She's Too Young* (2004), Assistant Editor
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, Editor
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Editor
- *Cheaters* (2000), Editor
- *The Insider* (1999), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)
- *Angels in the Outfield* (1994), Assistant Editor
- *Child's Play 3* (1991), Editor
- *Ski Patrol* (1990), Editor
- *Remote Control* (1988), Editor
- *Weird Science* (1985), Editor
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Sixteen Candles* (1984), Assistant Editor
- *Savage Harvest* (1981), Editor
- *Airplane!* (1980), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)

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