Michael Kahn is an American film editor, born on 8th December 1935 in New York. He is known for editing Hogan's Heroes, a TV program, he also edited feature films directed by George C. Scott and Steven Spielberg, who he has had a notable collaboration with for over 30 years, starting their work together in 1977.
He is a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and he is one of the very few editors who still edit on film today, however, he has also edited some projects digitally that weren't directed by Spielberg. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is the first film that Kahn edited digitally using Avid for Spielberg though he has edited digitally before for films such like Twister.
Steven Spielberg feels that film got him and Kahn to where he is now and he still loves the smell and the feel of it. They both started using film and they both still really enjoy it. George Lucas said that "Michael Kahn can cut faster on a Moviola than anybody can cut on an Avid."
Michael Kahn is the most nominated editor in the Academy Awards history with 8 nominations in total. He also holds the record for the most wins in the Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, with 3 wins in total. All of the films that he has won Oscars for were directed by Steven Spielberg, the films were:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
He also received 6 BAFTA nominations for Best Editing and won 2 for Schindler's List and Fatal Attraction. In 2011, he became the recipient of the American Cinema Editor's Lifetime Career Achievement Award.
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