Craig Alpert

Craig Alpert (born 1973) is an American film editor who has edited two dozen films since 2006. He and fellow editors were nominated for the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy for Deadpool 2 and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). He went to school at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He also had internships in Industrial Light & Magic's editorial department and in Miramax's postproduction department. His first editing job, while still in college, was working as an assistant editor for the film Toy Story 2 (1999). He later worked as additional editor for the films Meet the Fockers (2004) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). His first films as editor were Borat (2006) and Knocked Up (2007).

For director James Gunn, he was an additional editor for the film The Suicide Squad (2021), and he later worked with Gunn on Superman (2025), collaborating with editor William Hoy.

Filmography + Alpert's editing credits for film Year Title Notes 2006 Borat Edited with Peter Teschner and James Thomas Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Edited with Jamie Gross and Stacey Schroeder 2017 Rough Night Pitch Perfect 3 Edited with Colin Patton 2018 Deadpool 2 Edited with Dirk Westervelt and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Edited with James Thomas and Michael Giambra 2023 Blue Beetle 2025 Superman Edited with William Hoy Anaconda Edited with Gregory Plotkin

Accolades + Alpert's accolades Year Film Editor(s) Award Ceremony Result 2018 Deadpool 2 Alpert, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Dirk Westervelt American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy February 1, 2019 2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Alpert, James Thomas, Michael Giambra April 17, 2021