# Matthew Schmidt

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) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), 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 | Assistant editor |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | John McTiernan | Assistant editor |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff | Assistant editor |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Andrew Davis | First assistant editor |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson | First assistant editor |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Alex Proyas | First assistant editor |
| 2005 | Into the Blue | John Stockwell | First assistant editor |
| 2005 | The Fog | Rupert Wainwright | Additional editor |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Andrew Davis | First assistant editor |
| 2007 | Halloween | Rob Zombie | Assistant editor |
| 2007 | Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who | Murray Lerner Paul Crowder | First assistant editor |
| 2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | Pang brothers | Assistant editor |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 Ford Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing Nominated—HPA Award for Outstanding Editing – Feature Film |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Joss Whedon | Associate editor |
| 2016 | The Deal | Daniel S. Kaminsky | Short film |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Russo brothers | Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford Nominated—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 Ford Saturn Award for Best Editing (for Avengers: Endgame) |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Russo brothers | Co-edited with Jeffrey Ford Saturn Award for Best Editing (for 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 |
| TBA | The Old Guard 2 | Victoria Mahoney | Post-production |