# Tina Hirsch

Tina Hirsch (born 1943)—also known as Bettina Kugel Hirsch, Bettina Hirsch, and Bettina Kugel—is an American film editor and an adjunct professor of editing at the University of Southern California.
Tina Hirsch began to edit films in the late 1960s, serving as an assistant editor on Woodstock (1970) and Hi, Mom! (1970). She edited several films for New World Pictures including Death Race 2000 (1975) and Eat My Dust! (1976). She advanced to editing major studio films, including the sequels More American Graffiti (1979) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). In the '80s, she was a regular editor for New World Pictures alumnus Joe Dante's films, including the "It's a Good Life" sequence in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) as well as Gremlins (1984) and Explorers (1985). Hirsch would later direct Munchies (1987) for New World's founder Roger Corman, one of the many low-budget movies that were imitative of Dante's Gremlins.
Hirsch edited episodes of the television series The West Wing ("A Proportional Response", 1999, and "What Kind of Day Has It Been", 2000), for which she was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series" and for which she also won an Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors. In 2005, she was nominated for a second Emmy for editing the television miniseries Back When We Were Grownups (2004).
She has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and she was the first female president of the honorary society. Hirsch currently serves on the board of ACE, and has done so for more than two decades.
Since 2003, Hirsch has spent her time working as an adjunct professor of editing at USC film school.

## Selected filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
| 1969 | Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value | Charles Hirsch | | |
| 1974 | Macon County Line | Richard Compton | First collaboration with Richard Compton | |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama | Steve Carver | | |
| 1975 | Death Race 2000 | Paul Bartel | | |
| 1976 | Eat My Dust! | Charles B. Griffith | | |
| 1977 | The Ransom | Richard Compton | Second collaboration with Richard Compton | |
| 1978 | The Driver | Walter Hill | | |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Bill L. Norton | | |
| 1981 | Heartbeeps | Allan Arkush | First collaboration with Allan Arkush | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Ken Finkleman | | |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Robert Mandel | | |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Joe Dante | First collaboration with Joe Dante | "It's a Good Life" segment |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Joe Dante | Second collaboration with Joe Dante | |
| 1985 | Explorers | Joe Dante | Third collaboration with Joe Dante | |
| 1991 | Delirious | Tom Mankiewicz | | |
| 1991 | Mystery Date | Jonathan Wacks | | |
| 1992 | Captain Ron | Thom Eberhardt | | |
| 1995 | Steal Big Steal Little | Andrew Davis | | |
| 1997 | Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | | |
| 2006 | The Far Side of Jericho | Tim Hunter | | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Brian De Palma | Assistant editor | Second collaboration with Brian De Palma |
| 1980 | Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | Co-editor | |
| 1988 | Caddyshack II | Allan Arkush | Additional film editor | Second collaboration with Allan Arkush |
| 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Randal Kleiser | Additional film editor | |
Actress :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | Greetings | Brian De Palma | Tina | First collaboration with Brian De Palma |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Brian De Palma | N.I.T. Journal | |
Director :
| Year | Film |
| 1987 | Munchies |
Script and continuity department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1969 | Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value | Charles Hirsch | Script girl |
| 1975 | Switchblade Sisters | Jack Hill | Script supervisor |

### Documentaries

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2013 | Four Decades Later | Herself |
| 2021 | Emily @ the Edge of Chaos | Wendy Apple |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1970 | Woodstock | Michael Wadleigh | Assistant editor |
Director :
| Year | Film |
| 2013 | Four Decades Later |
Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 2013 | Four Decades Later | Herself | Producer |

### Shorts

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Redemption | Bruce McAlester |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2014 | happySADhappy | Rachel Feldman | Consulting editor |
Additional crew :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2014 | Light of the Night | Danny Ramirez | Faculty advisor |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1991 | Snowie and the Seven Dorps | Vincent CafarelliCandy Kugel | Thanks |
| 2013 | Synthetic | Matt Zunich | Special thanks |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1978 | Just Me and You | John Erman |
| 1995 | OP Center | Lewis Teague |
| 1995 | Saved by the Light | Lewis Teague |
| 1998 | Labor of Love | Karen Arthur |
| 1998 | A Will of Their Own | Karen Arthur |
| 1999 | Behind the Mask | Tom McLoughlin |
| 2003 | Stealing Sinatra | Ron Underwood |
| 2003 | The One | Ron Lagomarsino |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Richard Pearce |
| 2004 | Back When We Were Grownups | Ron Underwood |
| 2006 | In from the Night | Peter Levin |
| 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Ron Underwood |
| 2006 | The Valley of Light | Brent Shields |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1994 | Party of Five | 1 episode |
| 1995 | OP Center | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | A Will of Their Own | 2 episodes |
| 1999−2001 | The West Wing | 16 episodes |