---
name: "Virginia Katz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/virginia-katz"
fi1m_id: "virginia-katz"
imdb_id: "nm0441717"
tmdb_id: 15560
wikidata_id: "Q24539806"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T12:24:19.477934+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."
---

# Virginia Katz

## Identity

Virginia Katz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/virginia-katz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** virginia-katz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441717
- **TMDB ID:** 15560
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24539806
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24539806, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15560

Editor. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1973–2017
- **Also known as:** Ginny Katz
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Condon](https://film.one/person/bill-condon.md), [Karen Rosenfelt](https://film.one/person/karen-rosenfelt.md), [Kristen Stewart](https://film.one/person/kristen-stewart.md), [Melissa Rosenberg](https://film.one/person/melissa-rosenberg.md), [Peter Facinelli](https://film.one/person/peter-facinelli.md), [Robert Pattinson](https://film.one/person/robert-pattinson.md), [Stephenie Meyer](https://film.one/person/stephenie-meyer.md), [Taylor Lautner](https://film.one/person/taylor-lautner.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 77 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 71 (2), 2010s 56 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 61 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 4, Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,998m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24539806, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15560

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gods and Monsters*](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md) (82), [*The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2*](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md) (55), [*The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1*](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.md) (47)
- **Disney+:** [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74), [*Beauty and the Beast*](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md) (65)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Kojak*](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) (80)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Dreamgirls*](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Virginia Katz, also credited as Ginny Katz, is an American film editor. She began her career as an assistant editor on films including *Starman* (1984) and progressed to editing features from the 1990s onward.

Katz has maintained a long collaboration with director Bill Condon, editing his films *Gods and Monsters* (1998), *Kinsey* (2004), *Dreamgirls* (2006), *Mr. Holmes* (2015) and *Beauty and the Beast* (2017). Other credits include *Burlesque* (2010), the *Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn* films (2011–2012), *The Fifth Estate* (2013) and *The Good Liar* (2019). She has also worked in television on series such as *Alias*.

She won an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for *Dreamgirls* and received a nomination for *Kinsey*. Katz is the daughter of editor Sidney Katz and grew up in Westchester County, New York.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org, independentartistgroup.com, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1* (2011), Fi1m 47, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.md)
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)
- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Fi1m 77, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Come from Away* (2021), Editor
- *Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey* (2020), Editor
- *The Good Liar* (2019), Editor
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md)
- *Mr. Holmes* (2015), Editor
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), Editor
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1* (2011), Editor — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.md)
- *Burlesque* (2010), Editor
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)
- *Fearless* (2006), Editor
- *A Little Trip to Heaven* (2005), Editor
- *Kinsey* (2004), Editor
- *Damaged Care* (2002), Editor
- *Alias* (2001), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Geppetto* (2000), Editor
- *The Expendables* (2000), Editor
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *Buried Alive II* (1997), Editor
- *Close to Danger* (1997), Editor
- *Serpent's Lair* (1995), Editor
- *Till the End of the Night* (1995), Editor
- *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), Editor
- *Incident at Deception Ridge* (1994), Editor
- *The Man Who Wouldn't Die* (1994), Editor
- *Deadly Relations* (1993), Editor
- *Dirty Work* (1992), Editor
- *Treacherous Crossing* (1992), Editor
- *Dead in the Water* (1991), Editor
- *White Lie* (1991), Editor
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), Editor
- *Opportunity Knocks* (1990), Editor
- *Traveling Man* (1989), Editor
- *Sister, Sister* (1987), Associate Editor, Editor
- *Who Is Julia?* (1986), Editor
- *Starman* (1984), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *Night Partners* (1983), Assistant Editor
- *Nighthawks* (1981), Assistant Editor
- *All Night Long* (1981), Assistant Editor
- *Rancho Deluxe* (1975), Assistant Editor
- *Man on a Swing* (1974), Assistant Editor
- *Kojak* (1973), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams* (1973), Assistant Editor

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