| Matthew Schmidt | |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Asmara, Eritrea |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Film editor |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
Matthew Schmidt (born April 30, 1971) is an American film editor, best known for working on several Marvel Cinematic Universe films,[1] such as (2014), (2016),[2] (2018) and (2019), all alongside Jeffrey Ford,[3] [4] [5] Black Widow (2021), alongside Leigh Folsom Boyd,[6] and (2022), alongside Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche and Jennifer Vecchiarello.[7]
Schmidt first worked with Ford as an assistant editor beginning with the first Avengers film and started sharing the editing credit with Ford beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[4] The duo edited Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame back-to-back, which was a two-year project and meant they were cutting at the same time of shooting. More than 900 hours of film was shot between both films, making the editing process a massive undertaking.[5] Both films rank "among the biggest box-office earners of all time."[4] For Avengers: Endgame, the two won the Saturn Award for Best Editing.[8]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Contact | Robert Zemeckis | Assistant editor |
| 1998 | A Perfect Murder | Andrew Davis | |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | John McTiernan | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff | |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Andrew Davis | First assistant editor |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson | |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Alex Proyas | |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | John Stockwell | |
| The Fog | Rupert Wainwright | Additional editor | |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Andrew Davis | First assistant editor |
| 2007 | Halloween | Rob Zombie | Assistant editor |
| Murray Lerner Paul Crowder | First assistant editor | ||
| 2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | Pang brothers | Assistant editor |
| Defiance | Edward Zwick | First assistant editor | |
| 2009 | John Dunn's Last Run | Ryan Dixon | Short film |
| 2010 | The Wolfman | Joe Johnston | Visual effects editor |
| 2011 | Hop | Tim Hill | Assistant editor |
| Peter Winther | Additional editor | ||
| 2012 | The Avengers | Joss Whedon | Assistant editor |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | First assistant editor |
| 2014 | Russo brothers | Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing[9] Nominated—HPA Award for Outstanding Editing – Feature Film[10] | |
| 2015 | Joss Whedon | Associate editor | |
| 2016 | The Deal | Daniel S. Kaminsky | Short film |
| Russo brothers | Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing[11] | ||
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | F. Gary Gray | Previs editor |
| 2018 | Russo brothers | Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford Saturn Award for Best Editing (for Avengers: Endgame) | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2021 | Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Co-edited with Leigh Folsom Boyd |
| 2022 | Taika Waititi | Co-edited with Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche, and Jennifer Vecchiarello | |
| 2025 | Julius Onah | Post-production | |
| TBA | The Old Guard 2 | Victoria Mahoney |