---
name: "Steve Potter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-potter"
fi1m_id: "steve-potter"
imdb_id: "nm0693356"
tmdb_id: 7870
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T06:55:02.864066+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."
---

# Steve Potter

## Identity

Steve Potter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-potter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-potter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0693356
- **TMDB ID:** 7870
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693356/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7870

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1976–1990
- **Also known as:** Stephen Potter
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1990s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693356/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7870

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Steve Potter, also credited as Stephen Potter, is a film and television editor. He worked as an assistant editor on *Blazing Saddles* (1974) and *All the President's Men* (1976), and as editor on *Jaws 2* (1978).

Potter edited *Dances with Wolves* (1990) and contributed to television series including *The Wonder Years* (1992–1993) and *Party of Five* (1994–2000).

*Sources: imdb.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *All the President's Men* (1976), Fi1m 90, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *The Idolmaker* (1980), Editor
- *Jaws 2* (1978), Editor
- *All the President's Men* (1976), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)
- *Blazing Saddles* (1974), Assistant Editor

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