Michael Kahn (film editor)

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This article is about Michael Kahn the film editor. For Michael Kahn the theatre director, see Michael Kahn (theatre director).

Michael Kahn (born in New York, December 8, 1935) is a widely recognized film editor. His credits range from TV's Hogan's Heroes to feature films directed by Steven Spielberg. He has won the Academy Award for Film Editing for "Raiders of the Lost Ark," (1981), "Schindler's List" (1993) and Saving Private Ryan" (1998).

He is one of the few editors who still edits on film (though he has edited digitally on projects not directed by Spielberg).

Kahn is an Eagle Scout.