---
name: "Tina Hirsch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tina-hirsch"
fi1m_id: "tina-hirsch"
imdb_id: "nm0386443"
tmdb_id: 16157
wikidata_id: "Q510070"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-12T04:13:07.313089+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."
---

# Tina Hirsch

## Identity

Tina Hirsch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tina-hirsch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tina-hirsch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386443
- **TMDB ID:** 16157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q510070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Hirsch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16157

Editor. Born 1 January 1943 in New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1983–1999
- **Also known as:** Bettina Kugel Hirsch, Bettina Kugel, Bettina Hirsch
- **Frequently works with:** [Howard E. Smith](https://film.one/person/howard-e-smith.md), [Joe Dante](https://film.one/person/joe-dante.md), [Lou Antonio](https://film.one/person/lou-antonio.md), [Michael Engler](https://film.one/person/michael-engler.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 1990s 72 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $361m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Hirsch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16157

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86), [*Gremlins*](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Party of Five*](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) (73)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Twilight Zone: The Movie*](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Tina Hirsch, also credited as Bettina Kugel Hirsch, Bettina Hirsch and Bettina Kugel, is an American film and television editor. She began working in the late 1960s as an assistant editor on *Woodstock* (1970) and *Hi, Mom!* (1970). She went on to edit features for New World Pictures, including *Death Race 2000* (1975), and later major studio films such as *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), *Gremlins* (1984), *Explorers* (1985) and *Dante's Peak* (1997).

Hirsch edited 16 episodes of the television series *The West Wing* (1999–2001) and received a Primetime Emmy nomination and an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for her work. She earned a second Emmy nomination for the miniseries *Back When We Were Grownups* (2004). She has served as an adjunct professor of editing at the University of Southern California and was the first woman elected president of the American Cinema Editors.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *The Year Without a Santa Claus* (2006), Editor
- *Back When We Were Grownups* (2004), Editor
- *Plainsong* (2004), Editor
- *The One* (2003), Editor
- *Stealing Sinatra* (2003), Editor
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Behind the Mask* (1999), Editor
- *A Will of their Own* (1998), series, Editor
- *Labor of Love* (1998), Editor
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Saved By The Light* (1995), Editor
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), Editor
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Captain Ron* (1992), Editor
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), as Additional Editing
- *Mystery Date* (1991), Editor
- *Delirious* (1991), Editor
- *Munchies* (1987), Director
- *Explorers* (1985), Editor
- *Gremlins* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Independence Day* (1983), Editor
- *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), Editor
- *Heartbeeps* (1981), Editor
- *More American Graffiti* (1979), Editor
- *The Driver* (1978), Editor
- *Just Me and You* (1978), Editor
- *The Ransom* (1977), Editor
- *Eat My Dust* (1976), Editor
- *Death Race 2000* (1975), Editor
- *Switchblade Sisters* (1975), Script Supervisor
- *Big Bad Mama* (1974), Editor
- *Macon County Line* (1974), Editor
- *Hi, Mom!* (1970), as N.I.T. Journal · Assistant Editor
- *Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value* (1969), Editor

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