---
name: "Stephen Schaffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-schaffer"
fi1m_id: "stephen-schaffer"
imdb_id: "nm0769863"
tmdb_id: 59363
wikidata_id: "Q3498643"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T00:23:10.434443+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."
---

# Stephen Schaffer

## Identity

Stephen Schaffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-schaffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-schaffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0769863
- **TMDB ID:** 59363
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3498643
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schaffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498643, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59363

Editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 acting, 5 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Bird](https://film.one/person/brad-bird.md), [Craig T. Nelson](https://film.one/person/craig-t-nelson.md), [Denise Ream](https://film.one/person/denise-ream.md), [Holly Hunter](https://film.one/person/holly-hunter.md), [John Walker](https://film.one/person/john-walker.md), [Sarah Vowell](https://film.one/person/sarah-vowell.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 90 (2), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,028m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schaffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498643, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59363

## Coming up

- *Incredibles 3* (2028-06-14), Editor

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) (92), [*The Incredibles*](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md) (88), [*Incredibles 2*](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md) (80), [*Elemental*](https://film.one/film/elemental.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Stephen Schaffer is an American film editor. He has worked extensively with Pixar Animation Studios.

His editing credits include *The Incredibles* (2004), *WALL·E* (2008), *Cars 2* (2011), *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), *Incredibles 2* (2018) and *Elemental* (2023). He also contributed additional editing to *Monsters University* (2013) and served as assistant editor on *The Iron Giant* (1999). Earlier credits include *Osmosis Jones* (2001).

In 2009, Schaffer won an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical for *WALL·E*, the first time the award was given to the editor of an animated film. He received further nominations for *The Incredibles* and *The Good Dinosaur*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)

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

- *Elemental* (2023), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *WALL·E* (2008), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Incredibles 3* (2028), Editor
- *Elio* (2025), Second Film Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Elemental* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Editor
- *Monsters University* (2013), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Cars 2* (2011), Editor
- *WALL·E* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *Cars* (2006), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Jack-Jack Attack* (2005), Editor
- *Mr. Incredible and Pals* (2005), Editor
- *The Incredibles* (2004), as Additional Voices (voice) · Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Osmosis Jones* (2001), Editor
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

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