Myron Kerstein

Myron Kerstein
Myron Kerstein
Born	August 15, 1970 (age 54); Oceanside, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor

Myron I. Kerstein (born August 15, 1970)^[1] is an American film editor, best known for his collaborations with director Jon M. Chu on Wicked (2024), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and In the Heights (2021).^[2]^[3]^[4]

He has been nominated for the Academy Award twice in the Best Film Editing category, in 2022 for the film Tick, Tick... Boom! alongside Andrew Weisblum, and in 2025 for Wicked.^[5]^[6]

Selected filmography

Black and White (1999)
Love in the Time of Money (2002)
Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
Camp (2003)
Garden State (2004)
Chrystal (2004)
In Good Company (2004)
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
American Dreamz (2006)
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
The Promotion (2008)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
Fame (2009)
Little Fockers (2010)
LOL (2012)
Movie 43 (2013)
The English Teacher (2013)
Paradise (2013)
Wish I Was Here (2014)
Going in Style (2017)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
In the Heights (2021)
Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021)
Wicked (2024)
Wicked: For Good (2025)

Accolades

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
Academy Awards	2022	Best Film Editing	Tick, Tick... Boom!	Nominated
Academy Awards	2025	Best Film Editing	Wicked	Pending
Eddie Awards	2019	Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical	Crazy Rich Asians	Nominated
	2022		Tick, Tick... Boom!	Won
	2025		Wicked	Pending
Satellite Awards	2022	Best Editing	Tick, Tick... Boom!	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	2022	Best Editing	In the Heights	Won

References

^ https://postperspective.com/crazy-rich-asians-editor-myron-kerstein/
^ Moser, Joey (March 17, 2022). "How Editors Andrew Weisblum and Myron Kerstein Breathed Exuberance Into 'tick…tick…BOOM!'". Awards Daily. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ Tangcay, Jazz (July 6, 2021). "'In the Heights' Opening Number Took Months to Cut, Says Editor Myron Kerstein". Variety. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ Solzman, Danielle (February 25, 2022). "Oscar-Nominated Editors Andrew Weisblum and Myron Kerstein on Finding the Rhythm of Tick, Tick… Boom!". Below the Line. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ "The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ "The 97th Academy Awards (2025) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 19, 2025.

External links

Myron Kerstein at IMDb

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[1] ttps://postperspective.com/crazy-rich-asians-editor-myron-kerstein/

[2] Moser, Joey (March 17, 2022). "How Editors Andrew Weisblum and Myron Kerstein Breathed Exuberance Into 'tick…tick…BOOM!'". Awards Daily. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[3] Tangcay, Jazz (July 6, 2021). "'In the Heights' Opening Number Took Months to Cut, Says Editor Myron Kerstein". Variety. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[4] Solzman, Danielle (February 25, 2022). "Oscar-Nominated Editors Andrew Weisblum and Myron Kerstein on Finding the Rhythm of Tick, Tick… Boom!". Below the Line. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[5] "The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[6] "The 97th Academy Awards (2025) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 19, 2025.

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v t e American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film
Best Edited Feature Film (1961-1998)	Philip W. Anderson (1961) Samuel E. Beetley (1962) Harold F. Kress (1963) Cotton Warburton (1964) William H. Reynolds (1965) William B. Murphy (1966) Michael Luciano (1967) Frank P. Keller (1968) William H. Reynolds (1969) Hugh S. Fowler (1970) Folmar Blangsted (1971) David Bretherton (1972) William H. Reynolds (1973) Michael Luciano (1974) Verna Fields (1975) Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976) William H. Reynolds (1977) Peter Zinner (1978) Alan Heim (1979) Thelma Schoonmaker (1980) Michael Kahn (1981) John Bloom (1982) Tom Rolf (1983) Nena Danevic and Michael A. Chandler (1984) Thom Noble (1985) Claire Simpson (1986) Gabriella Cristiani (1987) Gerry Hambling / Stu Linder (1988) Steven Rosenblum (1989) Neil Travis (1990) Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991) Joel Cox (1992) Michael Kahn (1993) Arthur Schmidt (1994) Steven Rosenblum (1995) Walter Murch (1996) Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (1997) Michael Kahn (1998)
Comedy or Musical (1999-present)	Eric Zumbrunnen (1999) Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein (2000) Jill Bilcock (2001) Martin Walsh (2002) Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood (2003) Paul Hirsch (2004) Michael McCusker (2005) Virginia Katz (2006) Chris Lebenzon (2007) Stephen Schaffer (2008) Debra Neil-Fisher (2009) Chris Lebenzon (2010) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2012) Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2013) Barney Pilling (2014) Hank Corwin (2015) Tom Cross (2016) Tatiana S. Riegel (2017) Yorgos Mavropsaridis (2018) Tom Eagles (2019) Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler (2020) Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum (2021) Paul Rogers (2022) Kevin Tent (2023)
Dramatic (1999-present)	Zach Staenberg (1999) Pietro Scalia (2000) Pietro Scalia (2001) Thelma Schoonmaker (2002) Jamie Selkirk (2003) Thelma Schoonmaker (2004) Hughes Winborne (2005) Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione / Thelma Schoonmaker (2006) Christopher Rouse (2007) Chris Dickens (2008) Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (2010) Kevin Tent (2011) William Goldenberg (2012) Christopher Rouse (2013) Sandra Adair (2014) Margaret Sixel (2015) Joe Walker (2016) Lee Smith (2017) John Ottman (2018) Yang Jin-mo (2019) Alan Baumgarten (2020) Pamela Martin (2021) Eddie Hamilton (2022) Jennifer Lame (2023)

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National	United States