---
name: "Sidney Wolinsky"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-wolinsky"
fi1m_id: "sidney-wolinsky"
imdb_id: "nm0938485"
tmdb_id: 22483
wikidata_id: "Q17141437"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-13T21:39:48.953824+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."
---

# Sidney Wolinsky

## Identity

Sidney Wolinsky

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sidney-wolinsky
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sidney-wolinsky
- **IMDb ID:** nm0938485
- **TMDB ID:** 22483
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17141437
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Wolinsky, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22483

Producer. Born 1 January 2000 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 producing, 7 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Dave Erickson](https://film.one/person/dave-erickson.md), [Dave Flebotte](https://film.one/person/david-flebotte.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Phil Abraham](https://film.one/person/phil-abraham.md), [Regina Corrado](https://film.one/person/regina-corrado.md), [Roxann Dawson](https://film.one/person/roxann-dawson.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 62 (2), 1990s 94 (1), 2000s 67 (1), 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Wolinsky, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22483

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94), [*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Greyhound*](https://film.one/film/greyhound.md) (66), [*Foundation*](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md) (61)
- **Tubi:** [*Miami Vice*](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Sons of Anarchy*](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Sidney Wolinsky is a Canadian-American film editor. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he attended high school in Montreal and Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He earned a master's degree in film from San Francisco State University, worked briefly for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, and later moved to Los Angeles.

Wolinsky began editing feature films and television in the early 1980s. He is known for his work on the HBO series *The Sopranos* (1999–2007), for which he received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards. He won a Primetime Emmy for editing the pilot episode of *Boardwalk Empire* (2010).

His other credits include the feature *The Shape of Water* (2017), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Editing, as well as *Howard the Duck* (1986), *Greyhound* (2020), and episodes of series such as *Sons of Anarchy*, *House of Cards* and *The Strain*.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Sunny* (2024), Fi1m 64, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sunny.md)

### Crew (7)

- *Foundation* (2021), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *Greyhound* (2020), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/greyhound.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), Fi1m 67, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Sunny* (2024), series, Associate Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/sunny.md)
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Editor
- *Alaska Daily* (2022), series, Editor
- *Foundation* (2021), series, Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *Greyhound* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/greyhound.md)
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Editor
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Editor
- *Extant* (2014), series, Editor
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Editor
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Editor
- *Not Fade Away* (2012), Editor
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, Editor
- *Natalee Holloway* (2009), Editor
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, Editor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Second Honeymoon* (2001), Editor
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Editor — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Circle of Deceit* (1998), Editor
- *For My Daughter's Honor* (1996), Editor
- *Trial by Fire* (1995), Editor
- *Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage* (1993), Editor
- *Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris* (1992), Editor
- *The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story* (1992), Editor
- *Amityville 1992: It's About Time* (1992), as Additional Editing
- *Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story* (1992), Editor
- *Red Wind* (1991), Editor
- *Poochinski* (1990), Editor
- *The China Lake Murders* (1990), Editor
- *Worth Winning* (1989), Editor
- *A Father's Homecoming* (1988), Editor
- *Maid to Order* (1987), Editor
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *One Magic Christmas* (1985), Editor
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Best Defense* (1984), Editor
- *My Tutor* (1983), Editor
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), First Assistant Editor
- *Suddenly, Love* (1978), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Shape of Water*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2011: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series (won), for *Boardwalk Empire*
- 2004: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series (nominated), for *The Sopranos*

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

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