---
name: "Steve Welch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-welch"
fi1m_id: "steve-welch"
imdb_id: "nm0919660"
tmdb_id: 51854
wikidata_id: "Q124283434"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.047205+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 Welch

## Identity

Steve Welch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-welch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-welch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0919660
- **TMDB ID:** 51854
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124283434
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124283434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51854

Director and producer. Born in Oregon, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 directing, 2 producing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Elizabeth Meriwether](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-meriwether.md), [Alan J. Higgins](https://film.one/person/alan-j-higgins.md), [Bryan Cranston](https://film.one/person/bryan-cranston.md), [Christopher Masterson](https://film.one/person/christopher-masterson.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Dan LeFranc](https://film.one/person/dan-lefranc.md), [Gary Murphy](https://film.one/person/gary-murphy.md), [Jamie Babbit](https://film.one/person/jamie-babbit.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (2), 2020s 74 (4)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124283434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51854

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dying for Sex*](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) (81), [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80), [*Furious*](https://film.one/tv/furious.md) (75), [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71), [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74)

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

## Fi1m on Steve Welch

> Steve Welch’s editing gives comic ensembles time to react without letting every pause become a performance. We rate that restraint, particularly in *New Girl*, though *Furious* shows that a series can be carefully made and still run too long.

In *New Girl* (2011), the douchebag jar charges a flatmate for being objectionable. We laughed because it seemed a practical response to spending so many evenings together. Steve Welch’s editing gives the others room to react without treating every pause as an event. The group seems comfortable together, without the cutting having to insist that we notice.

His editing career began on *Mr. Show with Bob and David* (1995). On *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), he edited dozens of episodes and directed nine. Feature work includes *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* (2007), but sustained work with television ensembles remains the clearest thread through his credits. It is also where we find the strongest reason to follow him.

His *New Girl* credits include editorial associate producer and director of five episodes, though the cutting is where his contribution is clearest to us. Zooey Deschanel is good company, but the programme improves when Jess’s awkwardness stops being the whole joke. Welch’s handling of reactions supports that change by giving the other flatmates their share of our attention. It cannot sort out the overworked romantic plotting, which sometimes demands more patience than the friendships do.

On *Furious* (2026), he is both producer and one of four editors working across eight episodes. He shares the cutting with Ralph Jean-Pierre, Katie Ennis and Julie Kreinik, and the programme maintains a consistent look despite its four directors. Cinematographers Doug Emmett and Brian Lannin light the wealthy houses evenly, while production designer Chris Trujillo gives them pale floors and sparsely decorated walls. Ariel Marx’s spare score knows when to stop, particularly when Alice is working. It is careful, well-acted work, but the series is two episodes too long.

There is enough here to recommend *Furious* to thriller viewers, with patience for the extra length. It gives us less reason to single out Welch than the comic timing and companionable pace of *New Girl*. Start there, provided a few overworked romances will not spoil the evening.

## Biography

Steve Welch is an American film and television editor. He grew up in a small town in Oregon and attended Emerson College.

Welch edited many episodes of the sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006) and its 2026 revival miniseries *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*. Other credits include the films *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* (2007), *Year One* (2009) and *Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar* (2021), and the series *New Girl* (2011–2017), *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* and *Dying for Sex* (2025). He has also directed episodes of several television shows.

Welch has received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for picture editing.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

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

- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Director, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Furious* (2026), Fi1m 75, Editor, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, Supervising Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Furious* (2026), series, Producer, Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, Editor, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Dying for Sex* (2025), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *Side Quest* (2025), series, Editor
- *The Dropout* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar* (2021), Editor
- *Mythic Quest* (2020), series, Editor, Director
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Editor, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Give It Up for Greg Giraldo* (2011), Supervising Producer
- *Men of a Certain Age* (2009), series, Editor
- *Year One* (2009), Editor
- *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* (2007), Editor
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, Editor
- *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), Editor
- *Mission: Improbable* (2001), Editor
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Director, Editor, Supervising Producer
- *Pearls Before Swine* (1999), Director of Photography

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