Ken Schretzmann

Ken Schretzmann
Occupation	Film editor

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). In an interview, Schretzmann described 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.

Further reading

• EditFest NY 2011 Interview with Editor Ken Schretzmann on YouTube
• Brown, Dwight (July 7, 2016). "The Secret Life of Pets". Huffington Post. And the pacing (editor Ken Schretzmann) is near perfect. No time for a nap, you're on your feet the entire time.