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Mike Long

Editor

Mike Long is a five-time Emmy Award and two-time DuPont Award winning film and television editor. After being invited to screen a short film at the New York Underground Film Festival to in 1999, he moved to New York City full time to pursue film and TV editing. Over the last two decades his work has been screened in museums and festivals all over the world, including the Berlin, Toronto, Hong Kong and Tribeca Film Festivals, the Jumbotron for Superbowl XLII, and is part of the permanent collection at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Editor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 26% in 30 days

What are Mike Long's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
32%
Self
27%
Ideas
20%
Bonds
9%
Morality
6%
Power
4%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Warm
3
Hopeful
5
Dread
2
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Hopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mike Long's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mike Long's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Untold: The Fall of Favre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • NASCAR: Full Speed(2024)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Light & Magic(2022)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Old Stone(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country(2016)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Friday Night Tykes(2014)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Grand Canal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor

  • Sting: When the Last Ship Sails(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Side by Side(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Drake: Better Than Good Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • 10 Beers in 10 Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 7 titles from 1997 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Side by Side (2012)

$67K worldwide

Highest rated

Light & Magic (2022)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 7: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleEditing6 of 7: 6 only editing, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Mike Long's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · editor

Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country (2016)

81st percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Light & Magic (2022)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Mike Long work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mike Long's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonah Moran shares the most, 3.

Actors

Editors

Producers