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Alan Edward Bell

Overview

 Alan Edward Bell is an American film editor. He has edited such films as Little Manhattan, 500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, and Red Sparrow.

Bell's mentor when he started working in Hollywood was editor Robert Leighton. Bell served as associate editor on multiple Rob Reiner films, all under Leighton, such as Misery, A Few Good Men, North, and The American President. Bell then graduated to main editor with films such as Reiner's The Story of Us and Alex & Emma and then started a steady stream of work in the mid-2000s, with films including Little Manhattan, Hoot, The Comebacks, 500 Days of Summer, Gulliver's Travels, and Water for Elephants. Bell then reunited with 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb for The Amazing Spider-Man. Bell next edited The Hunger Games: Catching Fire for Water for Elephants director Francis Lawrence and then edited the remainder of the films in The Hunger Games film series, as well as Lawrence's Red Sparrow. In 2022, he worked on the film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel Where the Crawdads Sing, directed by Olivia Newman.

Bell is a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Known for

Acting

2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Actor Self - Editor 59
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Crew

1995 The American President Crew Post Production Supervisor 62
Fair

Editing

2022 Where the Crawdads Sing Editing Editor 72
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2021 Fear Street: 1978 Editing Supervising Editor 69
Fair
2021 Fear Street: 1994 Editing Supervising Editor 65
Fair
2018 Red Sparrow Editing Editor 64
Fair
2017 The Dark Tower Editing Editor 57
Average
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Editing Editor 68
Fair
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Editing Editor 67
Fair
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Editing Editor 73
Good
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Editing Editor 66
Fair
2011 Water for Elephants Editing Editor 67
Fair
2010 Gulliver's Travels Editing Editor 53
Average
2009 (500) Days of Summer Editing Editor 72
Good
2007 The Comebacks Editing Editor 56
Average
2006 Hoot Editing Editor 58
Average
2005 Little Manhattan Editing Editor 66
Fair
2003 Alex & Emma Editing Editor 57
Average
2002 The Anarchist Cookbook Editing Editor 58
Average
2000 Bait Editing Editor 58
Average
1999 The Story of Us Editing Editor 59
Average
1995 The American President Editing Associate Editor 62
Fair
1992 A Few Good Men Editing First Assistant Editor 73
Good
1990 Misery Editing First Assistant Editor 76
Good