---
name: "Stuart Bass"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stuart-bass"
fi1m_id: "stuart-bass"
imdb_id: "nm0060111"
tmdb_id: 1626381
wikidata_id: "Q111877335"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.043775+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."
---

# Stuart Bass

## Identity

Stuart Bass

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stuart-bass
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stuart-bass
- **IMDb ID:** nm0060111
- **TMDB ID:** 1626381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111877335
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Bass, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111877335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626381

Editor. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2003–2017
- **Also known as:** Stu Bass
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://film.one/person/barry-sonnenfeld.md), [Caroline Goddard](https://film.one/person/caroline-goddard.md), [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md), [Peter Lauer](https://film.one/person/peter-lauer.md), [Peter Ocko](https://film.one/person/peter-ocko.md), [Troy Miller](https://film.one/person/troy-miller.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (3), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Bass, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111877335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626381

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Stuart Bass is a Canadian-born American film and television editor and director. He was born in Montreal and holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1978) and an M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1980). He began his career shooting rock videos for MTV and later moved into commercial work in San Francisco before focusing on editing single-camera comedy series in Los Angeles.

Bass is known for his editing on series including *The Wonder Years*, *Sabrina the Teenage Witch*, *Scrubs*, *The Office*, *Arrested Development* (2005–2006), *Pushing Daisies* and *A Series of Unfortunate Events*. He has also directed episodes of *Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23* and *Melissa & Joey*, as well as second-unit work on several shows. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors and served as a governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and 2012 to 2017. He retired as an editor and director in 2019 and now pursues fine art photography.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), Editor
- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), series, Editor
- *The Unprofessional* (2012), Editor
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Anna's Dream* (2002), Editor
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, Editor
- *Hayley Wagner, Star* (1999), Co-Producer
- *Sabrina Goes to Rome* (1998), Producer
- *But... Seriously* (1994), Editor
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Editor, Assistant Editor
- *Peyton Place: The Next Generation* (1985), Editor
- *Baker's Boy*, Consulting Editor

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