Tom McArdle

Tom McArdle is an American film editor. He is best known as the editor for the films written and directed by Tom McCarthy, including The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011) and Stillwater (2021). McArdle's collaboration with McCarthy on the film Spotlight (2015), earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 88th Academy Awards  and also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing.

Other notable films McArdle has edited include Marshall (2017), In a World... (2013) and Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020). He joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2016. A graduate of Dartmouth College, McArdle grew up in Garden City, New York. In 1987, McArdle was ranked 4th among US high-schoolers in the 3200 meter run with a time of 8:55.2. He currently holds the Nassau County (Section 8) indoor record for the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:02.5 from 1987.

As an editor

 * Maggie Moore(s) (2023)
 * Stillwater (2021)
 * Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
 * What They Had (2018)
 * Marshall (2017)
 * Spotlight (2015)
 * The Cobbler (2014)
 * God's Pocket (2014)
 * In a World... (2013)
 * Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
 * Win Win (2011)
 * Tenure (2008)
 * Middle of Nowhere (2008)
 * Heckler (2007) (Documentary)
 * The Visitor (2007)
 * The Architect (2006)
 * Nadine in Date Land (2005) (TV Movie)
 * Duane Hopwood (2005)
 * Killer Diller (2004)
 * Boys on the Run (2003)
 * The Killing Zone (2003)
 * The Station Agent (2003)
 * Lone Hero (2002)
 * Whipped (2000)
 * Poor White Trash (2000)
 * Loving Jezebel (1999)
 * QM, I Think I Call Her QM (1999) (Short)
 * Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy (1998) (Documentary)
 * Hi-Life (1998)
 * Paranoia (1998)
 * A Hole in the Head (1998) (Documentary)
 * Better Than Ever (1997)
 * Talk to Me (1997)
 * Star Maps (1997)
 * Twisted (1996)
 * Sandman (Short) (1995)
 * The Keeper (1995)
 * Hand Gun (1994)
 * The Occult History of the Third Reich (Video Documentary) (1992)
 * Laws of Gravity (1992)

Other credits

 * 2005: The Quiet (additional editor)
 * 2003: The Killing Zone (associate producer)
 * 2002: The Skateboard Show (TV Movie) (additional editor)