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Arthur Schmidt (film Editor)
Arthur Robert Schmidt (June 17, 1937 – August 5, 2023) was an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005. Schmidt had an List of film director and editor collaborations, extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future (franchise), ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990) to ''Cast Away'' (2000). Life Schmidt was born in Los Angeles on June 17, 1937, 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 ''Sunset Boulevard (film), Sunset Boulevard'' (1950). Schmidt graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English. Schmidt received the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Film Editing for ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) and ''Forrest Gump'' (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for ''Pirates of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur P
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text '' Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem '' Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the '' Cartulary of Redon''. The Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Wood (film Editor)
Craig Wood is an Australian film editor working in America. Born in Sydney, Wood began his career at the age of 19 as an assistant editor in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary department before moving into music video and advertising work. He has worked as an editor on almost all of director Gore Verbinski’s films, including the 1996 short film ''The Ritual'', as well as on over a dozen Verbinski-directed commercials, including the Clio Awards and Silver Lion-winning Budweiser "Frogs" (1995). Selected filmography Music video * Alphaville "Mysteries of Love" (1990) (directed by Alex Proyas) *The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" (1993) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui) *Björk " Big Time Sensuality" (1993) (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui) *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers " Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1993) (directed by Keir McFarlane) *UB40 "Bring Me Your Cup" (1993) (directed by Keir McFarlane) *Janet Jackson " Any Time, Any Place" (1994) (directed by Keir McFarlane) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Clark (film Editor)
Jim Clark (24 May 1931 – 25 February 2016) was a British film editor and film director. He has more than forty feature film credits between 1956 and 2008. Clark directed four feature films along with a handful of short films. Notably, he served as a creative consultant for '' Midnight Cowboy'' (1969). His most noted editing credits included '' Marathon Man'' (1976), '' The Killing Fields'' (1984), and '' Vera Drake'' (2004). In 2011, Clark published ''Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing'', a memoir of his career. Early life Clark was born in 1931, and grew up in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and founded the Oundle Film Society in 1947. Career Clark moved to London, and in 1951 began work as an assistant editor at Ealing Studios. Subsequently he worked as a freelance assistant editor on two films directed by Stanley Donen and edited by Jack Harris. When Harris declined the opportunity to work on Donen's subsequent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Feldman
Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his exophthalmos, prominent, strabismus, misaligned eyes. He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took on the ITV (TV network), ITV sitcom ''Bootsie and Snudge'' and the BBC Radio comedy programme ''Round the Horne''. He became known as a performer on ''At Last the 1948 Show'' (co-writing the "Four Yorkshiremen sketch" which Monty Python would perform) and ''Marty (TV series), Marty'', the latter of which won Feldman two British Academy Television Awards including British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, Best Entertainment Performance in 1969. Feldman went on to appear in films such as ''The Bed Sitting Room (film), The Bed Sitting Room'' and ''Every Home Should Have One'', the latter of which was one of the most popular comedies at the British box office in 1970. In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Remake Of Beau Geste
''The Last Remake of Beau Geste'' is a 1977 British historical comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the 1924 novel '' Beau Geste'', a frequently filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is based heavily upon wordplay and absurdity. Feldman plays Digby Geste, the awkward and clumsy "identical twin" brother of Michael York's Beau, the dignified, aristocratic swashbuckler. It was the feature film directorial debut of Feldman. He subsequently went on to direct '' In God We Tru$t'' (1980). Plot Spoofing the classic ''Beau Geste'' and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste (York) and his "identical twin brother" Digby's (Feldman) misadventures in the French Foreign Legion out in the Sahara, and the disappearance of the family sapphire, sought after by their money-hungry stepmother and the sadistic Sergeant Markov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) gives one or more Career Achievement Awards each year. The first awards were given in 1988. Article indicates that Milford received the ACE Career Achievement Award in 1987; the actual award year appears to be 1988. List of honorees 2020s *2020: Alan Heim and Tina Hirsch 2010s *2019: Craig McKay and Jerrold L. Ludwig *2018: Mark Goldblatt and Leon Ortiz-Gil *2017: Janet Ashikaga and Thelma Schoonmaker *2016: Carol Littleton and Ted Rich *2015: Diane Adler and Gerald B. Greenberg *2014: Richard Halsey and Robert C. Jones *2013: Richard Marks and Lawrence Silk *2012: Joel Cox and Doug Ibold *2011: Michael Kahn and Michael Brown *2010: Paul LaMastra and Neil Travis 2000s *2009: Sidney Katz and Arthur Schmidt *2008: Millie Moore and Bud S. Smith *2007: John Soh and Frank J. Urioste *2006: Edward M. Abroms and Terry Rawlings *2005: David Blewitt and Jim Clark *2004: Donn Cambern and John A. Martinelli *2003: John F. Burnett and Tom R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of #Auschwitz I, Auschwitz I, the main camp (''Stammlager'') in Oświęcim; #Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers, #Auschwitz III, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a Arbeitslager, labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben, and List of subcamps of Auschwitz, dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' final solution, Final Solution to the Jewish question. After Germany Causes of World War II#Invasion of Poland, initiated World War II by Invasion of Poland, invading Poland in September 1939, the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) converted Auschwitz I, an army barracks, into a prisoner-of-war camp. The initial transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Hoenig
Dov Hoenig (born April 24, 1932) is an American film editor. He was nominated at the 66th Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for the 1993 film '' The Fugitive'', sharing the nomination with Don Brochu, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Richard Nord and Dennis Virkler. Hoenig has edited on other films, such as ''The Last of the Mohicans'', ''Diamonds'', '' Operation Thunderbolt'', '' Manhunter'', ''She's Out of Control'', '' Overboard'', '' A Perfect Murder'', ''Under Siege'' and ''Collateral Damage''. He has also been 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 .... Hoenig is the author of a novel, ''Triumph Street: Bucharest'', which was named as one of the 10 best first novels by the jury of the Stanislas Prize. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992 Film)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1992 American epic historical drama film co-produced and directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Crowe, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper and its 1936 film adaptation. The film is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May in the leading roles, and features Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, Steven Waddington, Maurice Roëves, and Patrice Chéreau. The film was released in the United States on September 25, 1992. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound, the only Academy Award won by a film directed by Mann. It was also nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Day-Lewis, and won Best Cinematography and Best Make-up Artist. Plot In 1757, British Army Major Duncan Heyward arrives in Albany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Keramidas
Harry Thomas Keramidas (born August 31, 1940) is an American film and television editor. He is perhaps best known for his work in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy, co-editing with Arthur Schmidt. He has also edited the films '' Children of the Corn'', '' About Last Night...'', '' The Favor'', ''Judge Dredd'', among other films. He is alumnus of University of Michigan and Wayne State University, graduating with a degree in Industrial and organizational psychology, Industrial psychology. He also studied ethnographic filmmaking at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. , MewShop dated Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To The Future
''Back to the Future'' is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985, it follows Marty McFly (Fox), a teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a DeLorean time machine, time-traveling DeLorean automobile built by his eccentric scientist friend Emmett Brown, Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd), where he inadvertently prevents his future parents from falling in lovethreatening his own existenceand is forced to reconcile them and somehow get back to the future. Gale and Zemeckis conceived the idea for ''Back to the Future'' in 1980. They were desperate for a successful film after numerous collaborative failures, but the project was rejected more than forty times by various studios because it was not considered raunchy enough to compete with the successful comedies of the era. A development deal was secured with Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
''Coal Miner's Daughter'' is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted and written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise as one of the most influential country musicians. Based on Lynn's 1976 biography of the same name by George Vecsey, the film stars Sissy Spacek as Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm are featured in supporting roles. Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl make cameo appearances as themselves. A film on Lynn's life was intended to be made since the release of the biography. Production for the film began in March 1979, and Lynn herself chose Spacek to portray her on screen after seeing a photograph of her, despite being unfamiliar with her films. The film's soundtrack featured all of Lynn's hit singles, which were all sung by Spacek, as well as Patsy Cline's " Sweet Dreams" sung by D'Angelo and Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
