John Axelrad

John Axelrad is an American film editor. He attended film school at University of Southern California and graduated in 1990. His first editing job outside of university was for The Return of Eliot Ness, as a second assistant editor. he is best known for his movie editing work on The Lost City of Z, Papillon, Krampus and Ad Astra.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1991	The Return of Eliot Ness	Second assistant editor (TV movie)
1994	Out of Darkness	Assistant film editor (TV movie)
	The Yarn Princess	Assistant editor (TV movie)
	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	First assistant editor (TV movie)
1995	Welcome to Paradise	First assistant editor (TV movie)
	While You Were Sleeping	Digital assistant editor
1996	The Glimmer Man	Digital assistant editor
1997	976-WISH	Editor (Short)
	Home Alone 3	First assistant editor
1998	My Little Havana	Editor (Short)
	Out of Sight	Second assistant editor
1999	Stir of Echoes	First assistant editor
	The Auteur Theory	Editor
2000	Erin Brockovich	Assistant editor
	Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion	Editor (TV movie)
2001	The Yellow Bird	Editor (Short)
	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Assistant editor
	The Book and the Rose	Editor (Short
2002	Changing Hearts	Editor
	Unfaithful	Assistant editor
	Hacks	Editor (S1.Episode 1–3, E7, E9, E11)
2005	Boogeyman	Editor
	Life of the Party	Editorial Consultant
	La cerca	Editor (Short)
	Enfants terribles	Editor
2006	Slither
2007	The Messengers
	We Own the Night
2008	Two Lovers
2009	Crazy Heart
2010	The Switch
2011	Something Borrowed
2012	Gone
2013	The Immigrant
2014	Rudderless
	Before We Go
2015	Miles Ahead
	Krampus (film)
2016	The Lost City of Z
2017	Papillon
2019	Ad Astra
2020	Charm City Kings	Additional editor
	Antebellum	Editor
2021	Fear Street Part One: 1994	Additional editor
	Fear Street Part Two: 1978
	Fear Street Part Three: 1666
2022	Chevalier	Editor
2024	Spaceman
TBA	Flowervale Street