Biography

Adam Gerstel is an American film editor born on July 20, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. Gerstel's early work includes roles as a visual effects editor and digital artist on films such as The Aviator (2004), Shutter Island (2010), and The Departed (2006). In 2011, Gerstel served as a visual effects editor on Real Steel (2011). He continued to expand his editing portfolio with significant contributions to major productions, including Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), where he worked as a previs editor and in-house VFX supervisor, and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), where he served as a co-editor. Gerstel's editing expertise was further demonstrated in The Lion King (2019), a live-action adaptation of the classic animated film, where he served as a co-editor. He also edited Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). In addition to his work in feature films, Gerstel contributed to the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. He edited "Chapter 9: The Marshal" and "Chapter 16: The Rescue," the latter of which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in 2021.