Matthew Schmidt (born April 30, 1971) is an American film editor, best known for working on several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), all alongside Jeffrey Ford, Black Widow (2021), alongside Leigh Folsom Boyd, and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), alongside Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche and Jennifer Vecchiarello.
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. 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. Both films rank "among the biggest box-office earners of all time." For Avengers: Endgame, the two won the Saturn Award for Best Editing.
Filmography 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 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who Murray LernerPaul 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 Dragon Age: Redemption Peter Winther Additional editor 2012 The Avengers Joss Whedon Assistant editor 2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black First assistant editor 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Russo brothers Co-edited with Jeffrey FordNominated—Saturn Award for Best EditingNominated—HPA Award for Outstanding Editing – Feature Film 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Joss Whedon Associate editor 2016 The Deal Daniel S. Kaminsky Short film Captain America: Civil War Russo brothers Co-edited with Jeffrey FordNominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing 2017 The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray Previs editor 2018 Avengers: Infinity War Russo brothers Co-edited with Jeffrey FordSaturn Award for Best Editing (for Avengers: Endgame) 2019 Avengers: Endgame 2021 Black Widow Cate Shortland Co-edited with Leigh Folsom Boyd 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Taika Waititi Co-edited with Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche, and Jennifer Vecchiarello 2025 Captain America: Brave New World Julius Onah Co-edited with Madeleine Gavin The Old Guard 2 Victoria Mahoney 2026 Avengers: Doomsday Russo brothers Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford 2027 Avengers: Secret Wars TBA Control Robert Schwentke Co-edited with Sven Budelmann
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