
Alan Edward Bell
Personal Info
Known for
Editing
Gender
Male
Alan Edward Bell
Biography
Alan Edward Bell is an American film editor. He has edited such films as Little Manhattan, 500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, and Red Sparrow.
Bell's mentor when he started working in Hollywood was editor Robert Leighton. Bell served as associate editor on multiple Rob Reiner films, all under Leighton, such as Misery, A Few Good Men, North, and The American President. Bell then graduated to main editor with films such as Reiner's The Story of Us and Alex & Emma and then started a steady stream of work in the mid-2000s, with films including Little Manhattan, Hoot, The Comebacks, 500 Days of Summer, Gulliver's Travels, and Water for Elephants. Bell then reunited with 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb for The Amazing Spider-Man. Bell next edited The Hunger Games: Catching Fire for Water for Elephants director Francis Lawrence and then edited the remainder of the films in The Hunger Games film series, as well as Lawrence's Red Sparrow. In 2022, he worked on the film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel Where the Crawdads Sing, directed by Olivia Newman.
Bell is a member of American Cinema Editors (ACE) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Known For
Acting
(2015)
Crew
(2022)
Where the Crawdads Sing
Editor
(2021)
Fear Street: 1994
Supervising Editor
(2021)
Fear Street: 1978
Supervising Editor
(2018)
Red Sparrow
Editor
(2017)
The Dark Tower
Editor
(2015)
(2014)
(2013)
(2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Editor
(2011)
Water for Elephants
Editor
(2010)
Gulliver's Travels
Editor
(2009)
(500) Days of Summer
Editor
(2007)
The Comebacks
Editor
(2006)
Hoot
Editor
(2005)
Little Manhattan
Editor
(2003)
Alex & Emma
Editor
(2002)
The Anarchist Cookbook
Editor
(2000)
Bait
Editor
(1999)
The Story of Us
Editor
(1995)
The American President
Associate Editor, Post Production Supervisor
(1992)
A Few Good Men
First Assistant Editor
(1990)
Misery
First Assistant Editor