---
name: "Tanya Swerling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tanya-swerling"
fi1m_id: "tanya-swerling"
imdb_id: "nm0842487"
tmdb_id: 2025874
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:41:09.079978+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."
---

# Tanya Swerling

## Identity

Tanya Swerling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tanya-swerling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tanya-swerling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842487
- **TMDB ID:** 2025874
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2025874

Editor. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2001–2016
- **Also known as:** Tanya M. Swerling
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alison Schapker](https://film.one/person/alison-schapker.md), [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Matthew Pitts](https://film.one/person/matt-pitts.md), [Ron Rosen](https://film.one/person/ron-rosen.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2025874

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Tanya M. Swerling is an American film and television editor. She has edited episodes of series including *Six Feet Under* (2001), *Fringe* (2008), *Westworld* (2016), *The Alienist* (2018), *Catch-22* (2019), *Defending Jacob* (2020) and *The Agency* (2024), as well as features such as *The Tender Bar* (2021) and *The Boys in the Boat* (2023).

Swerling is the daughter of television producer Jo Swerling, Jr. She began her career in post-production at Stephen J. Cannell Productions and has also worked as a producer on series including *Debris* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Agency* (2024), series, Editor
- *The Boys in the Boat* (2023), Editor
- *The Tender Bar* (2021), Editor
- *Debris* (2021), series, Producer, Editor
- *Defending Jacob* (2020), series, Editor
- *Catch-22* (2019), series, Editor
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, Editor
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Editor
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Editor
- *Dead Above Ground* (2002), Editor
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Cinderella* (1997), Editor
- *Dark Angel* (1996), Assistant Editor
- *Quick Cuts*, Actor

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