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Matthew Schmidt

Editor · Born April 30, 1971 (55)

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 were 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Schmidt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 30, 1971 (55)
Works as
Editor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Matthew Schmidt's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Bonds
32%
Power
13%
Self
11%
Survival
6%
Ideas
2%
Betrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 6

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
5
Thrilling
4
Cathartic
2
Joyful
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Matthew Schmidt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Schmidt'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

24 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.

  • Avengers: Secret Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Editor

  • Avengers: Doomsday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • The Old Guard 2(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: Brave New World(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Thor: Love and Thunder(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Black Widow(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: Civil War(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Age of Ultron(2015)

    Associate Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Iron Man 3(2013)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Avengers(2012)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Hop(2011)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Wolfman(2010)

    Visual Effects Editor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Defiance(2008)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Bangkok Dangerous(2008)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Halloween(2007)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Guardian(2006)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Fog(2005)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Into the Blue(2005)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Daredevil(2003)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Collateral Damage(2002)

    First Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles, 20 of them dated from 2002 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

$2.9B worldwide

Highest rated

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing10 of 23: 10 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew13 of 23: 13 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

2000s8 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s4 · crew

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 Matthew Schmidt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed6

Most loved · editor

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 28. 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 Matthew Schmidt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles57–73 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles7–24 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles36–42 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles9–33 · median 22 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles46–63 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Matthew Schmidt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matthew Schmidt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Feige shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers