Don Zimmerman

Editor. Born 1 January 1944 in Flint. Died 24 July 2025.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

1 January 1944, Flint

Died

24 July 2025

Active

1971–2012

Frequently works with

Brian Grazer, Jim Carrey, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Shadyac, Alec Baldwin, Ben Garant, Ben Stiller, Burt Young

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

60Fi1m

57Critics

We rate Don’s work 3 points above the press, across 14 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 796

Under 607

Of 15 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 15 films
Screen time: 26 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $3bn across 14 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1971–2012

Genres

Comedy10
Drama9
Action5
Romance5
Crime3
Fantasy3

Best and worst on Fi1m

84BestBeing There1979

38WorstRush Hour 32007

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

71970s

141980s

131990s

92000s

42010s

12020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1979Best Film Editing · Coming Home

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.