Debra Neil-Fisher

Debra C. Neil-Fisher
Born	(1958-05-12) May 12, 1958 (age 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor

Debra C. Neil-Fisher (born May 12, 1958) is an American film editor. ^[1] She has worked on several major films, including the Hangover series of movies.

Life and career

Neil-Fisher was born in Los Angeles. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley and studied at the girls' school Argyll Academy until 1976, ^[2] where a film course was offered that aroused her early interest in film. ^[3] After her graduation in 1980, ^[4] at the age of 21, she went back to her father and helped him in his dental practice. And, although many of his patients worked in film business, no one could help her get there. It was only through a few of her acquaintances that she could make contact with a producer who offered her an assistant in an editing studio. After she accepted this, her first job was with a Rich Little spot for one of his Las Vegas shows. After one year, she left the company again. ^[5]

Filmography (selection)

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1991	V.I. Warshawski	Jeff Kanew	Third collaboration with Jeff Kanew
	Fried Green Tomatoes	Jon Avnet	First collaboration with Jon Avnet
1992	Dr. Giggles	Manny Coto
1994	The War	Jon Avnet	Second collaboration with Jon Avnet
1996	Up Close & Personal		Third collaboration with Jon Avnet
	Dear God	Garry Marshall
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Jay Roach	First collaboration with Jay Roach
1998	Black Dog	Kevin Hooks
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Jay Roach	Second collaboration with Jay Roach
	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Kevin Williamson
2000	Beautiful	Sally Field
2001	Saving Silverman	Dennis Dugan	First collaboration with Dennis Dugan
2003	National Security		Second collaboration with Dennis Dugan
	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Donald Petrie	First collaboration with Donald Petrie
2004	Welcome to Mooseport		Second collaboration with Donald Petrie
	Without a Paddle	Steven Brill
2005	Son of the Mask	Lawrence Guterman
2006	Just My Luck	Donald Petrie	Third collaboration with Donald Petrie
	You, Me and Dupree	Russo brothers
2008	Semi-Pro	Kent Alterman
	Baby Mama	Michael McCullers
2009	The Hangover	Todd Phillips	First collaboration with Todd Phillips
2010	Due Date		Second collaboration with Todd Phillips
2011	The Hangover Part II		Third collaboration with Todd Phillips
2013	The Hangover Part III		Fourth collaboration with Todd Phillips
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Sam Taylor-Johnson
2016	Grimsby	Louis Leterrier
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Dave Green
2017	Transformers: The Last Knight	Michael Bay
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	James Foley
2019	A Dog's Way Home	Charles Martin Smith
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Jeff Fowler
2021	Coming 2 America	Craig Brewer

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes	Ref.
1984	Children of the Corn	Fritz Kiersch	Assistant editor			[5]
	Revenge of the Nerds	Jeff Kanew		First collaboration with Jeff Kanew	Uncredited	[5]
1985	Gotcha!			Second collaboration with Jeff Kanew
1988	Dixie Lanes	Don Cato	Location editor: U.S.
2008	Role Models	David Wain	Additional editor
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Brad Peyton
2011	The Change-Up	David Dobkin
2012	Ted	Seth MacFarlane		First collaboration with Seth MacFarlane
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West			Second collaboration with Seth MacFarlane
	Dumb and Dumber To	Farrelly brothers
2015	Ted 2	Seth MacFarlane		Third collaboration with Seth MacFarlane
2023	Barbie	Greta Gerwig

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role
2023	Old Dads	Bill Burr	Consultant

Director

Year	Film
2022	Unplugging

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
2011	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Alex Gregory Peter Huyck	Co-producer
2020	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	Jason Woliner

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2013	The Spectacular Now	James Ponsoldt	The producers wish to thank
2020	Golden Arm	Maureen Bharoocha	Special thanks
2023	Barbie	Greta Gerwig

Direct-to-video films

Editor

Year	Film	Director
2006	I Am Omega	Griff Furst

Documentaries

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
2016	Holy Hell	Will Allen	Consulting editor

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall	Bryan Gordon

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2008	Cheerbleeders	Peter Podgursky	Special thanks

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1988	My First Love	Gilbert Cates
1989	The Case of the Hillside Stranglers	Steve Gethers
	Teach 109	Richard Kletter
	Breaking Point	Peter Markle
1990	The Girl Who Came Between Them	Mel Damski
	Heat Wave	Kevin Hooks
1992	Memphis	Yves Simoneau
	Desperate Choices: To Save My Child	Andy Tennant
1993	The Amy Fisher Story

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
2002	Boomtown	1 episode
2017	How to Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything)	9 episodes

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2017	How to Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything)	3 episodes

Producer

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2018	Who Is America?	Co-producer	7 episodes

TV specials

Editor

Year	Title
2020	Covid Is No Joke

References

1. Debra C. Neil, familytreelegends.com
2. Debra-Neil Fisher on Classmates.com (English), retrieved on September 26, 2011
3. Sampling of Notable USC Alumni Working in Cinema / Television / Interactive 'Cinema.usc.edu' from 16 April 2010 (English), accessed September 21, 2011
4. Hot Sheet April / May 2011, usc.edu Retrieved September 26, 2011.
5. Article title ^{[ usurped ]} Episode / movie + Editing + Podcast + 007-Debra + Neil-Fisher / 2350885 Movie E.

External links

• Debra Neil-Fisher at IMDb