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name: "Zac Stuart-Pontier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zachary-stuart-pontier"
roles: ["Actor","Creator","Editor"]
born: "12 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T17:47:00.170211+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."
---

# Zac Stuart-Pontier

Actor and creator. Born 12 September 1983 in Honesdale.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Creator, Editor
- **Born:** 12 September 1983, Honesdale
- **Active:** 2011–2015
- **Also known as:** Zachary Stuart-Pontier

## Biography

Zac Stuart-Pontier is an American film editor, producer and podcast host. He was born on 12 September 1983 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

He edited the feature films *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), *Catfish* (2010), *Simon Killer* (2012) and *Bleed for This* (2016). His television credits include editing the HBO series *The Jinx* (2015), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also co-produced *Catfish* and served as writer, editor and co-executive producer on *The Jinx*.

Stuart-Pontier co-created and co-hosts the true crime podcast *Crimetown* with Marc Smerling, which launched in 2016. He has worked as a consulting or supervising editor on additional documentaries and features.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Jinx* (2015), Actor, Creator, Editor

## Also known for

- *Bleed for This* (2016), Editor
- *Catfish* (2010), Editor
- *Afterschool* (2009), First Assistant Director
- *Simon Killer* (2012), Editor
- *The Alabama Solution* (2025), Consulting Editor

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