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name: "Sidney Levin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-levin"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "16 April 1934"
died: "24 May 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-16T10:12:34.203827+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."
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# Sidney Levin

Editor. Born 16 April 1934. Died 24 May 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 16 April 1934
- **Died:** 24 May 2020
- **Active:** 1973–1975
- **Also known as:** Sid Levin

## Biography

Sidney Levin was an American film editor. He worked as an editor and second-unit director from the 1960s to the early 2000s, with credits on more than 30 productions.

Levin edited Martin Scorsese's *Mean Streets* (1973, credited as Sid Levin) and co-edited Robert Altman's *Nashville* (1975). He maintained a long collaboration with director Martin Ritt, editing nine of his films including *Sounder* (1972), *Norma Rae* (1979), *Cross Creek* (1983), *The River* (1984) and *Murphy's Romance* (1985). Other notable editing credits include *The Front* (1976), *Nuts* (1987), *Stanley & Iris* (1990), *He Said, She Said* (1991), *Guarding Tess* (1994) and *Larger Than Life* (1996). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for editing the television film *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* (1974).

Levin was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, bfi.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Nashville* (1975), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)
- *Mean Streets* (1973), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-streets.md)

## Also known for

- *Guarding Tess* (1994), Editor
- *Norma Rae* (1979), Editor
- *The Front* (1976), Editor
- *Stanley & Iris* (1990), Editor
- *Larger Than Life* (1996), Editor
- *The River* (1984), Editor
- *He Said, She Said* (1991), Editor
- *Nuts* (1987), Editor

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