---
name: "Spencer Averick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/spencer-averick"
fi1m_id: "spencer-averick"
imdb_id: "nm2589786"
tmdb_id: 1066326
wikidata_id: "Q28839596"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T11:26:16.786808+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."
---

# Spencer Averick

## Identity

Spencer Averick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/spencer-averick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** spencer-averick
- **IMDb ID:** nm2589786
- **TMDB ID:** 1066326
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28839596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Averick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28839596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2589786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1066326

Producer. Born 1 January 2000 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 1 producing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (3), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Averick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28839596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2589786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1066326

## Coming up

- *We Chose to Go to the Moon* (2026-11-10), Editor
- *14th* (2026-11-27), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*When They See Us*](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md) (84), [*13th*](https://film.one/film/13th.md) (84), [*Selma*](https://film.one/film/selma.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Masters of the Air*](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Spencer Averick is an American film editor and producer. He has maintained a long collaboration with director Ava DuVernay, beginning with her early documentary work and continuing through several features and series.

His editing credits include *Middle of Nowhere* (2012), *Selma* (2014), *A Wrinkle in Time* (2018), *When They See Us* (2019) and *Origin* (2023). He also served as producer on the documentary *13th* (2016), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Averick is married to *The Simpsons* writer and producer Elisabeth Kiernan Averick.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, Writer, Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)

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

- *When They See Us* (2019), Fi1m 84, Co-Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Selma* (2014), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/selma.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *14th* (2026), Editor, Producer
- *We Chose to Go to the Moon* (2026), Editor
- *Merrily We Roll Along* (2025), Editor
- *You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine* (2025), Editor
- *The Age of Disclosure* (2025), Editor
- *God Save Texas* (2024), series, Editor
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Origin* (2023), Editor
- *A Journey to Sundance* (2023), Editor
- *Trevor: The Musical* (2022), Editor
- *The Color of Care* (2022), Editor
- *Since: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103* (2020), Editor, Producer
- *I Promise* (2020), series, Editor
- *When They See Us* (2019), series, Co-Producer, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *A Wrinkle in Time* (2018), Editor
- *Family Feud* (2018), Editor
- *August 28: A Day in the Life of a People* (2017), Editor
- *13th* (2016), Editor, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *This Isn't Funny* (2015), Editor
- *Selma* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/selma.md)
- *The Before Time* (2014), Editor
- *The Door* (2013), Editor
- *All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta* (2013), Editor
- *Why We Laugh: Funny Women* (2013), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Middle of Nowhere* (2012), Editor
- *Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling* (2011), Editor
- *I Will Follow* (2010), Editor
- *My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop* (2010), Editor
- *This Is the Life* (2008), Producer, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *The 13th*

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

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