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American film editor
Ken Schretzmann
OccupationFilm 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 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.

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