Craig Alpert (born 1973) is an American film editor who has edited two dozen films since 2006. He and fellow editors were nominated for the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy for Deadpool 2 (2018) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). In his career, Alpert has often edited comedy films.
Background Alpert was born in 1973 in Pasadena, California and grew up in Irvine, California. He went to school at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He also had internships in Industrial Light & Magic's editorial department and in Miramax's postproduction department. His first editing job, while still in college, was working as an assistant editor for the film Toy Story 2 (1999). He later worked as additional editor for the films Meet the Fockers (2004) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). His first films as editor were Borat (2006) and Knocked Up (2007).
He edited predominantly comedy films for nearly a decade. For Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), he applied his comedy experience but had to learn to edit for musical, particularly a cappella, performances.
For director James Gunn, he was an additional editor for the film The Suicide Squad (2021), and he later worked with Gunn on Superman (2025), collaborating with editor William Hoy.
Filmography + Alpert's editing credits for film Year Title Notes 2006 Borat Edited with Peter Teschner and James Thomas 2007 Knocked Up Edited with Brent White 2008 Pineapple Express Yes Man 2009 Funny People Edited with Brent White 2011 Your Highness 2012 Edited with Jon Poll 2014 Ride Along 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Freaks of Nature 2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Edited with Jamie Gross and Stacey Schroeder 2017 Rough Night Pitch Perfect 3 Edited with Colin Patton 2018 Deadpool 2 Edited with Dirk Westervelt and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir 2020 Dolittle Edited with Chris Lebenzon Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Edited with James Thomas and Michael Giambra 2022 2023 Blue Beetle 2025 Superman Edited with William Hoy Anaconda Edited with Gregory Plotkin
Accolades + Alpert's accolades Year Film Editor(s) Award Ceremony Result 2018 Deadpool 2 Alpert, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Dirk Westervelt American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy February 1, 2019 2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Alpert, James Thomas, Michael Giambra April 17, 2021
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