Dennis Virkler (November 23, 1941 – September 15, 2022) was an American

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

with more than 40 credits dating from 1973.

Career

He was nominated twice for the

Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive year ...

, and was elected as a member of the

American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the ...

. ''The Fugitive'' (1993) was listed as the 39th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the

Motion Picture Editors Guild The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG; IATSE Local 700) is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture and television editors and other post-production professionals and story analysts throughout the United States. The Motion Pi ...

Death

Virkler died from heart failure on September 15, 2022. He was 80.

Filmography (selected)

;TV movies ;TV series

Awards

References

External links

* 1941 births 2022 deaths American Cinema Editors American film editors Film people from Cleveland {{US-film-editor-stub