---
name: "Seth Edelstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/seth-edelstein"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T14:07:02.072923+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."
---

# Seth Edelstein

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (1), 2010s 75 (2), 2020s 83 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545842

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*For All Mankind*](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Seth Edelstein is an American producer and production manager in film and television.

He began his career in the 1990s as a second assistant director on feature films including *Liar Liar* (1997), *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* (1998), *One Hour Photo* (2002) and *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story* (2004). He later worked as first assistant director and unit production manager on series such as *The Mentalist* (2008) before taking producer and co-producer roles on *Better Call Saul* (2015–2018).

Edelstein has contributed to *For All Mankind* (2019–) as unit production manager across seasons and as producer, co-executive producer and executive producer on later seasons. He has also worked as unit production manager and producer on *Euphoria* (2019), *American Crime Story* (2016) and *Hacks* (2022). He has received Emmy nominations for his production work.

*Sources: imdb.com, for-all-mankind.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, Producer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Liar Liar* (1997), Fi1m 68, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/liar-liar.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Star City* (2026), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Hacks* (2021), series, Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, Unit Production Manager, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Euphoria* (2019), series, Unit Production Manager
- *Secrets and Lies* (2015), series, Unit Production Manager
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Murder in the First* (2014), series, Unit Production Manager
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, First Assistant Director
- *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story* (2004), Second Assistant Director
- *One Hour Photo* (2002), Second Assistant Director
- *Orange County* (2002), Second Assistant Director
- *Next Friday* (2000), Second Assistant Director
- *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* (1998), Second Second Assistant Director
- *Liar Liar* (1997), Second Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/liar-liar.md)
- *Anticipating Sarah* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Daylight* (1996), Additional Second Assistant Director
- *JAG* (1995), series, Second Assistant Director

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