---
name: "Skip Macdonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/skip-macdonald"
fi1m_id: "skip-macdonald"
imdb_id: "nm0531941"
tmdb_id: 1123195
wikidata_id: "Q107284833"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.050686+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."
---

# Skip Macdonald

## Identity

Skip Macdonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/skip-macdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** skip-macdonald
- **IMDb ID:** nm0531941
- **TMDB ID:** 1123195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107284833
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Macdonald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107284833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1123195

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Chris McCaleb](https://film.one/person/chris-mccaleb.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md), [John Shiban](https://film.one/person/john-shiban.md), [Michael Slovis](https://film.one/person/michael-slovis.md), [Michelle MacLaren](https://film.one/person/michelle-maclaren.md), [Scott Winant](https://film.one/person/scott-winant.md), [Terry McDonough](https://film.one/person/terry-mcdonough.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 73 (4), 2020s 72 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 2, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Macdonald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107284833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1123195

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Breaking Bad*](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md) (91), [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84), [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82), [*Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed*](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md) (74), [*Foundation*](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md) (61)
- **Hulu:** [*Fargo*](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **AMC+:** [*Hell on Wheels*](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md) (52)

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

## Biography

Skip Macdonald is an American film and television editor. He began his career as an assistant sound editor in the 1980s and became an editor on the series *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* in 1997.

Macdonald is known for his long collaboration with Vince Gilligan, editing episodes of *Breaking Bad* (2008–2013), *Better Call Saul* (2015–2022) and the film *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019). He has also edited episodes of *Fargo* and *Foundation*. In 2014 he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series for the *Breaking Bad* series finale.

More recent credits include *Pluribus* (2025) and *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026).

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Foundation* (2021), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Foundation* (2021), series, Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *Your Honor* (2020), series, Editor
- *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019), Editor
- *Good Morning* (2017), Editor
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Super Sweet 16: The Movie* (2007), Editor
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Editor
- *Hunter: Back in Force* (2003), Editor
- *Special Unit 2* (2001), series, Editor
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *In Pursuit of Honor* (1995), Editor
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss* (1993), Assistant Editor
- *Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child* (1990), Assistant Editor
- *Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers* (1984), Assistant Sound Editor
- *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982), Assistant Sound Editor

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