Ken Schretzmann is an American film editor known for animated features such as Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), The Lorax (2012), and The Secret Life of Pets (2016) as well as The Willoughbys (2020) and Pinocchio (2022).
Schretzmann received a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1982. For about 12 years, Schretzmann worked on several animated features at Pixar Animation Studios. Schretzmann has received the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Animated Feature for Toy Story 3 (2010) and for Pinocchio (2022). Based on her interview of Schretzmann, Bobbie O'Steen describes the substantial differences between editing Pixar's animated feature films and editing a live-action feature. Among others, the animated films at Pixar each involved about 4 years of Schretzmann's work. He said, "'What took you so long? It's kind of a backwards process. You edit first then they shoot the film later. It's a long haul and for about the first two years we're in the story process."
Schretzmann has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Filmography
As an editor YearTitleNotes1992Titanica Edited with James Lathi and David Wilson1997Cause N' Defect 2000The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer2006Cars2010Toy Story 32012The Lorax Edited with Steven Liu and Clarie Dodgson2013Sides Short filmEdited with David O. Rogers2016The Secret Life of Pets2018The GrinchAdditional editing2019Brooklyn Baby Short film2020The Willoughbys Edited with Fiona Toth2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Edited with Holly Klein2023The Super Mario Bros. MovieAdditional editing2025In Your Dreams Edited with T.M. Christopher, Greg Knowles, and Nick Kenway
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