Arthur Robert Schmidt (born June 17, 1937) is an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005. Schmidt has had an extended collaboration with director

Robert Zemeckis Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy '' Romancing the Stone'' (1984), the science-fiction comedy '' Back to the Future'' film ...

from ''

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'' (1985) to ''

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'' (2000). Schmidt is the son of film editor Arthur P. Schmidt; it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father editing the film ''

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'' (1950). Schmidt graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in English. Schmidt received the

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for Best Film Editing for ''

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'' (1988) and ''

Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson ...

'' (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the

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for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' (with Craig Wood and Stephen E. Rivkin, 2003), ''

'', and for a television special ''

The Jericho Mile ''The Jericho Mile'' is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning United States made for TV crime film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, where the film was shot on location in the ...

'' (1979). He has been nominated for major editing awards (including the

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) for '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980), ''

'' (with

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, 1985), ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinde ...

'' (with Dov Hoenig, 1992), and ''

'' (2000). He was the executive producer for ''The Labyrinth'' (2010). Schmidt received the 2009

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, which was presented to Schmidt by Robert Zemeckis.

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