---
name: "Sheldon Kahn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheldon-kahn"
fi1m_id: "sheldon-kahn"
imdb_id: "nm0434922"
tmdb_id: 7068
wikidata_id: "Q2277860"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 March 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:10.727312+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."
---

# Sheldon Kahn

## Identity

Sheldon Kahn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sheldon-kahn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sheldon-kahn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434922
- **TMDB ID:** 7068
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2277860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kahn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2277860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434922/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7068

Producer. Born 1 March 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 March 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1975–2000
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 5 producing, 7 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Ivan Reitman](https://film.one/person/ivan-reitman.md), [Joe Medjuck](https://film.one/person/joe-medjuck.md), [Herschel Weingrod](https://film.one/person/herschel-weingrod.md), [Timothy Harris](https://film.one/person/timothy-harris.md), [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://film.one/person/arnold-schwarzenegger.md), [Bill Murray](https://film.one/person/bill-murray.md), [Bonnie Hunt](https://film.one/person/bonnie-hunt.md), [Charles Grodin](https://film.one/person/charles-grodin.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 67 (7), 1990s 61 (3), 2000s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 60 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Adventure 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $872m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kahn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2277860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434922/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7068

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md) (80), [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72), [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)
- **Apple TV:** [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65), [*Road Trip*](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md) (64)
- **Tubi:** [*Private Benjamin*](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md) (64), [*Ghostbusters II*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md) (60)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Absence of Malice*](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Sheldon Kahn is an American film editor and producer. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963.

Kahn edited *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), for which he shared the BAFTA Award for Best Editing with Lynzee Klingman and Richard Chew. He has also edited *Ghostbusters* (1984), *Out of Africa* (1985), *Ghostbusters II* (1989), *Twins* (1988), *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), *Junior* (1994), *Space Jam* (1996) and *Evolution* (2001), among other films. He received Academy Award nominations for his work on *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* and *Out of Africa*.

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

## On Fi1m (12)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Road Trip* (2000), Fi1m 64, Associate Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *Beethoven's 2nd* (1993), Fi1m 57, Editor, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beethovens-2nd.md)
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, Associate Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Fi1m 60, Editor, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Fi1m 64, Editor, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)

### Crew (7)

- *Beethoven* (1992), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beethoven.md)
- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Private Benjamin* (1980), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Draft Day* (2014), Editor
- *Hotel for Dogs* (2009), Editor
- *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), Editor
- *Be Cool* (2005), Editor
- *I'll Be There* (2003), Editor
- *Evolution* (2001), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Proof of Life* (2000), Editor
- *Road Trip* (2000), Associate Producer, Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *Six Days Seven Nights* (1998), Editor, Co-Producer
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), Editor
- *Space Jam* (1996), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Junior* (1994), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Beethoven's 2nd* (1993), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/beethovens-2nd.md)
- *Dave* (1993), Editor
- *Beethoven* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/beethoven.md)
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Casual Sex?* (1988), Editor, Producer
- *Big Shots* (1987), Editor
- *La Bamba* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Legal Eagles* (1986), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Unfaithfully Yours* (1984), Editor
- *Kiss Me Goodbye* (1982), Editor
- *Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip* (1982), Editor
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Private Benjamin* (1980), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)
- *The Electric Horseman* (1979), Editor
- *Bloodbrothers* (1978), Editor
- *An Enemy of the People* (1978), Editor
- *Mikey and Nicky* (1976), Editor
- *The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday* (1976), Editor
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Cinderella Liberty* (1973), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1986: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Out of Africa*
- 1976: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*

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

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