---
name: "Steven Kemper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steven-kemper"
fi1m_id: "steven-kemper"
imdb_id: "nm0447425"
tmdb_id: 11410
wikidata_id: "Q20020133"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T14:34:56.432006+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."
---

# Steven Kemper

## Identity

Steven Kemper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steven-kemper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steven-kemper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0447425
- **TMDB ID:** 11410
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20020133
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20020133, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11410

Editor. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1983–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Hyams](https://film.one/person/peter-hyams.md), [John Woo](https://film.one/person/john-woo.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 63 (1), 1990s 65 (3), 2000s 60 (2), 2010s 49 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 55 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 6, Science Fiction 4, Horror 3, Thriller 3, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,180m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20020133, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11410

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Timecop*](https://film.one/film/timecop.md) (64)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible II*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Meg*](https://film.one/film/the-meg.md) (49)

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

## Biography

Steven Kemper is an American film editor. He edited *Face/Off* (1997), directed by John Woo, and has worked on several other films by the same director.

His editing credits include *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), *Windtalkers* (2002), *The Punisher* (2004), *Legion* (2010), *The Last Stand* (2013) and *The Meg* (2018). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding editing for a single-camera series for the 1986 episode "The Mission" of *Amazing Stories*, and a Golden Satellite Award nomination (shared with Christian Wagner) for best film editing on *Mission: Impossible II*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, catalog.afi.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Meg* (2018), Fi1m 49, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-meg.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), Fi1m 64, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md)
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *End of Days* (1999), Fi1m 48, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/end-of-days.md)
- *Face/Off* (1997), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Timecop* (1994), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Meg* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-meg.md)
- *Message from the King* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Last Stand* (2013), Editor
- *Close Enemy* (2010), Editor
- *Legion* (2010), Editor
- *Starship Troopers 3: Marauder* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md)
- *The Punisher* (2004), Editor
- *Windtalkers* (2002), Editor
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *End of Days* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/end-of-days.md)
- *Face/Off* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *The Relic* (1997), Editor
- *Fair Game* (1995), Editor
- *Sudden Death* (1995), Editor
- *Timecop* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Aspen Extreme* (1993), Editor
- *Showdown in Little Tokyo* (1991), Editor
- *New Jack City* (1991), Editor
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Editor
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Editor
- *Amazing Stories* (1986), Editor
- *3:15 the Moment of Truth* (1986), Editor
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Editor
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/steven-kemper