Editing Audio commentary (section)

=== Film historians and critics ===
[[History of film|Film historians]] are frequent contributors of audio commentary, including: [[Tim Lucas]] who has recorded numerous audio commentaries since his first, for [[Mario Bava]]'s ''[[Black Sunday (1960 film)|Black Sunday]]'';<ref name="lucas"/> [[Peter Cowie]] has provided commentaries for numerous DVDs of [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s films, including ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]'', written and directed by Bergman;<ref name="pratt"/> [[Donald Richie]] has recorded commentary tracks for many [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese films]];<ref name="pratt"/> and respected historian [[Rudy Behlmer]], who is primarily known for his [[Rudy Behlmer#Audio commentaries|audio commentaries]] of American classic cinema, most notably ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''.<ref name="variety"/> [[John Fricke]] has recorded, or participated in, several audio commentaries for [[Judy Garland]]'s films, including ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Babes in Arms (film)|Babes in Arms]]'', ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]'', ''[[For Me and My Gal (film)|For Me and My Gal]]'', ''[[Girl Crazy (1943 film)|Girl Crazy]]'', ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'', and ''[[The Pirate (1948 film)|The Pirate]]''.

[[Film criticism|Film critics]] are also frequent contributors to commentaries like: American film critic [[Roger Ebert]] who recorded DVD audio commentary tracks for many classic films, including ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'',<ref name="techcrunch"/> and [[Richard Schickel]] who has [[Richard Schickel#DVD commentaries|provided commentary]] for ''[[Double Indemnity]]'', ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]'', ''[[On the Waterfront]]'' and ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''.<ref name="soundvision"/> [[Leonard Maltin]] has also offered commentary on several films including, [[Marx Brothers]] ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'',{{sfn|Barlow|2005|pages=122-123}} and ''[[Harold Lloyd|The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection]]'' (volume 2).<ref name="bennett"/> 

[[Hong Kong action cinema]] expert Bey Logan is a frequent commenter for [[List of Asian films|Asian films]], including ''[[Fist of Fury]]'',<ref name="macnab"/> ''[[The Banquet (2006 film)|The Banquet]]'',<ref name="oleary"/> ''[[Iron Monkey (1993 film)|Iron Monkey]]'',<ref name="trinity"/> ''[[Musa (film)|Musa]]''<ref name="musa"/> and ''[[Bullet in the Head]]''.<ref name="bullet"/><ref name="chicago"/>

[[Animation]] historian [[Jerry Beck]] has recorded dozens of audio commentaries for animation productions,<ref name="animation"/> including ''[[Sinbad the Sailor (1935 film)|Sinbad the Sailor]]''<ref name="sinbad"/> and the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]'' series,<ref name="looney"/> and historian [[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier]] also regularly contributes commentary to selected shorts in DVD packages, including  the ''[[Popeye]] the Sailor'' DVD series, and for the first five ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]'' [[DVD]] box sets.<ref name="looney"/>