Stephen Schaffer
Editor · USA
Stephen Schaffer is an American film editor who has worked on several Pixar films. At the 59th American Cinema Editors Awards, he won an ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical for WALL-E; this marked the first time the award went to the editor of an animated film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Schaffer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- USA
- Editor
- 13 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Stephen Schaffer's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 6
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 3
Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Stephen Schaffer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (10).
Subscription and free streaming for Stephen Schaffer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Incredibles 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Elio(2025)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Elemental(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Incredibles 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Good Dinosaur(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Monsters University(2013)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Cars 2(2011)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
WALL·E(2008)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Cars(2006)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Jack-Jack Attack(2005)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Mr. Incredible and Pals(2005)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Incredibles(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Osmosis Jones(2001)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Iron Giant(1999)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 1999 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Highest rated
The Incredibles (2004)
Most popular right now
Cars 2 (2011)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Stephen Schaffer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th5
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 64/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Stephen Schaffer's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Stephen Schaffer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stephen Schaffer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Lasseter shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Brad BirdShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), Jack-Jack Attack (2005), Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005), The Incredibles (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Brad Bird
- Peter SohnShared titles: Elemental (2023), The Good Dinosaur (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Sohn
Actors
- Craig T. NelsonShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005), The Incredibles (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Craig T. Nelson
- Eli FucileShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), Jack-Jack Attack (2005), The Incredibles (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Eli Fucile
- Samuel L. JacksonShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005), The Incredibles (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Samuel L. Jackson
- Holly HunterShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), The Incredibles (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Holly Hunter
Composers
- Michael GiacchinoShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), Cars 2 (2011), The Incredibles (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Giacchino
Producers
- John LasseterShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Cars 2 (2011), Jack-Jack Attack (2005), The Incredibles (2004)See all 5 shared titles with John Lasseter
- Denise ReamShared titles: Elemental (2023), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Cars 2 (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Denise Ream
- John WalkerShared titles: Incredibles 2 (2018), The Incredibles (2004)See all 2 shared titles with John Walker
- Osnat ShurerShared titles: Jack-Jack Attack (2005), Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Osnat Shurer
Mixed roles
- Pete DocterShared titles: Elemental (2023), Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Pete Docter
