# Kent Beyda

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American film editor

Kent Beyda Beyda in 2014 Born (1953-10-11) October 11, 1953 (age 72) Occupation Film editor

**Kent Beyda** (born October 11, 1953) is an American [film editor](/source/Film_editor).[1]

## Life and career

Beyda worked as an assistant editor on [John Cassavetes](/source/John_Cassavetes)' *[Opening Night](/source/Opening_Night_(1977_film))* (1977), [Allan Arkush](/source/Allan_Arkush)'s *[Rock 'n' Roll High School](/source/Rock_'n'_Roll_High_School)* (1979), and [Joe Dante](/source/Joe_Dante)'s *[The Howling](/source/The_Howling_(film))* (1981). He then moved into editing on the [Julie Corman](/source/Julie_Corman)-produced *[Saturday the 14th](/source/Saturday_the_14th)* (1981). On that film Beyda met his wife Nancy who was at that time working as Corman's assistant. He went on to do a series of music videos for [Rod Stewart](/source/Rod_Stewart), [Elvis Costello](/source/Elvis_Costello), [Dokken](/source/Dokken), [Bette Midler](/source/Bette_Midler) and [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger), [Aldo Nova](/source/Aldo_Nova), [Barbra Streisand](/source/Barbra_Streisand), and Arkush's follow-up to *Rock 'n' Roll High School* called *[Get Crazy](/source/Get_Crazy)* (1983). He then edited the mockumentary *[This Is Spinal Tap](/source/This_Is_Spinal_Tap)* (1984).

Beyda's first film for a major studio was *[Fright Night](/source/Fright_Night)* (1985), a horror comedy for [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures). Next he edited *[Out of Bounds](/source/Out_of_Bounds_(1986_film))* (1986), directed by Richard Tuggle for Columbia. Beyda went on to edit *[Innerspace](/source/Innerspace)* (1987) produced by [Steven Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg) and directed by Joe Dante, *[X: The Unheard Music](/source/X%3A_The_Unheard_Music)* (1986), a documentary about the Los Angeles punk group [X](/source/X_(American_band)), *[Alien Nation](/source/Alien_Nation_(film))* (1988), *[Fear](/source/Fear_(1990_film))* (1990) starring [Ally Sheedy](/source/Ally_Sheedy), Spielberg and Dante's *[Gremlins 2: The New Batch](/source/Gremlins_2%3A_The_New_Batch)* (1990), *[True Identity](/source/True_Identity)* (1991), [Billy Crystal](/source/Billy_Crystal)'s directorial debut *[Mr. Saturday Night](/source/Mr._Saturday_Night)* (1992), Spielberg and Brian Levant's *[The Flintstones](/source/The_Flintstones_(film))* (1994), Crystal's *[Forget Paris](/source/Forget_Paris)* (1995), *[Jingle All the Way](/source/Jingle_All_the_Way)* (1996) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, *[The Out-of-Towners](/source/The_Out-of-Towners_(1999_film))* (1999) with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, *[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas](/source/The_Flintstones_in_Viva_Rock_Vegas)* (2000), *[Big Momma's House](/source/Big_Momma's_House)* (2000), *[Scooby-Doo](/source/Scooby-Doo_(film))* (2002), *[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed](/source/Scooby-Doo_2%3A_Monsters_Unleashed)* (2004), *[S. Darko](/source/S._Darko)* (2009), *[Jonah Hex](/source/Jonah_Hex_(film))* (2010), *[Yogi Bear](/source/Yogi_Bear_(film))* (2010), and *[Parental Guidance](/source/Parental_Guidance_(film))* (2012).

As a consultant, Beyda has participated in the films *[George of the Jungle](/source/George_of_the_Jungle_(film))* (1997), *[Dude, Where's My Car?](/source/Dude%2C_Where's_My_Car%3F)* (2000), *[Robots](/source/Robots_(2005_film))* (2005), *[Idiocracy](/source/Idiocracy)* (2006), *[Fantastic Four](/source/Fantastic_Four_(2005_film))* (2005), *[Horton Hears a Who!](/source/Horton_Hears_a_Who!_(film))* (2008), and *[Despicable Me](/source/Despicable_Me_(film))* (2010). He has worked on location in New York, Paris, San Francisco, Atlanta, Vancouver, Australia, and New Zealand. He is a member of [American Cinema Editors](/source/American_Cinema_Editors) and the [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences).

In September 2009, Beyda took part in "Editing for Animation", the second part of the Academy's *Perspectives in Editing* series. The event featured a panel of five current leading animation editors, Beyda, John Carnochan, Kevin Nolting, Nancy Frazen, and Lois Freeman-Fox.[2]

## Filmography

Year Title 1981 Saturday the 14th 1983 Get Crazy 1984 This Is Spinal Tap 1985 Fright Night 1986 X: The Unheard Music Out of Bounds 1987 Innerspace 1988 Alien Nation 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Fear 1991 True Identity 1992 Mr. Saturday Night 1994 The Flintstones 1995 Forget Paris 1996 Jingle All the Way 1999 The Out-of-Towners 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Big Momma's House 2002 Scooby-Doo 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2009 S. Darko 2010 Jonah Hex Yogi Bear 2012 Parental Guidance 2014 700 Sundays 2016 The Angry Birds Movie 2018 Dear Dictator 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 2021 Here Today

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kent Beyda"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131007230123/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/81768/Kent-Beyda). Movies & TV Dept. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. 2013. Archived from [the original](https://movies.nytimes.com/person/81768/Kent-Beyda) on 2013-10-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["UTA Production roster"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717181100/http://www.utaproduction.com/talent.php?tid=85&titl=2). Archived from [the original](http://www.utaproduction.com/talent.php?tid=85&titl=2) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

## External links

- [Kent Beyda](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079879/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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