---
name: "William Steinkamp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-steinkamp"
fi1m_id: "william-steinkamp"
imdb_id: "nm0826119"
tmdb_id: 2241
wikidata_id: "Q1650499"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "9 June 1953"
died: "25 March 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T04:03:24.656241+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."
---

# William Steinkamp

## Identity

William Steinkamp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-steinkamp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-steinkamp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0826119
- **TMDB ID:** 2241
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1650499
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steinkamp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1650499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2241

Editor. Born 9 June 1953 in Los Angeles. Died 25 March 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 9 June 1953, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 25 March 2025
- **Active:** 1982–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Sydney Pollack](https://film.one/person/sydney-pollack.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (3), 1990s 67 (3), 2000s 62 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,185m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steinkamp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1650499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2241

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Interpreter*](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md) (62), [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tootsie*](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md) (85)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Firm*](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md) (71)

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

## Biography

William Steinkamp (9 June 1953 – 25 March 2025) was an American film editor. He began his career as an assistant editor to his father, Fredric Steinkamp, and went on to receive more than twenty editing credits.

Steinkamp maintained a long collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, co-editing or editing nearly all of Pollack’s films from *Tootsie* (1982) to *The Interpreter* (2005). He also edited several films for director Gary Fleder, including *Kiss the Girls* (1997) and *The Express* (2008). Among his other credits are *Scent of a Woman* (1992), *The Firm* (1993), *A Time to Kill* (1996) and *August Rush* (2007).

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Tootsie* (1982), *Out of Africa* (1985) and *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989), and was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Interpreter* (2005), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)
- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)
- *The Firm* (1993), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Tootsie* (1982), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Mixtape* (2021), Editor
- *The Shack* (2017), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Breakout* (2013), Editor
- *A Dark Truth* (2012), Editor
- *Freaky Deaky* (2012), Editor
- *The Courier* (2012), Editor
- *Casino Jack* (2010), Editor
- *The Express* (2008), Editor
- *August Rush* (2007), Editor
- *The Interpreter* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Editor
- *Don't Say a Word* (2001), Editor
- *Heartbreakers* (2001), Editor
- *Random Hearts* (1999), Editor
- *Mumford* (1999), Editor
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), Editor
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Editor
- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)
- *Heaven's Prisoners* (1996), Editor
- *The Firm* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Man Trouble* (1992), Editor
- *Havana* (1990), Editor
- *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989), Editor
- *Scrooged* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Adventures in Babysitting* (1987), Editor
- *Burglar* (1987), Editor
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *White Nights* (1985), Editor
- *Against All Odds* (1984), Editor
- *Tootsie* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *King of the Mountain* (1981), Editor
- *Hide in Plain Sight* (1980), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1990: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Fabulous Baker Boys*
- 1986: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Out of Africa*
- 1983: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Tootsie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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