Pasquale A. "Pat" Buba (April 16, 1946 – September 12, 2018) was an American film editor, noted for his longtime collaboration with

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Biography

Pasquale Buba was born in 1946 as the second child of Edward Buba (d. 1997) and Angeline Buba (née ''Gentile''; 1921–2017).
Angeline Buba Obituary
'. In: legacy.com, accessed 12 February 2018 His mother, who was born in the Italian city of

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, came to the United States in 1929. Buba grew up in

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, together with his older brother Anthony "Tony" Buba (born 1943). Buba started to work as a sound engineer and editor in the early 1970s for Pittsburgh's WQED.
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''. In: nightflight.com, accessed 12 February 2018 Together with

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and Dusty Nelson he founded the small Pittsburgh-based production company ''BuDuDa'' in 1973. The company, which was later renamed to ''The Image Works'', produced commercial and industrial films. He later met

and had two short appearances in his films: as drug dealer in ''

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'' and as biker in '' Dawn of the Dead''. For Romero's next film ''

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'' Buba supported Romero during the editing of the film, which Romero had done alone on all of his previous films. In 1985 Buba edited Romero's ''

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''. Both continued to work on films such as '' Monkey Shines'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1995, Buba together with

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, Dov Hoenig and

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edited

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's film ''

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'', starring

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and

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. Afterwards Buba was one of the editors for Pacino's directional debut ''

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''. Buba worked again with Pacino in 2000 for ''

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'', in 2011 for ''

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'' and 2013 for '' Salomé''. Pasquale Buba was a member of

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. He married production manager Zilla Clinton in 1983, and remained together until his death in 2018.

Death

Buba died in his home in

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on September 12, 2018, at the age of 72, after a lengthy battle with

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. His funeral was held on November 24.Pasquale Buba's Obituary
at ''Legacy.com''

Selected filmography

Film editing

*1975: ''The Winners'' (documentary series, 1 episode) *1975: ''

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'' (television series, 7 episodes) *1980: ''

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'' *1981: ''

'' *1982: ''

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'' (segment: ''The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill'') *1985: ''

'' *1988: '' Monkey Shines'' *1989: ''

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'' *1990: ''

'' (segment: ''The Black Cat'') *1990: ''

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'' (television series, 3 episodes) *1993: ''

'' *1993: ''

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'' *1995: ''

'' *1996: ''

'' (documentary) *1997: '' The Brave'' *1999: '' Simpatico'' *2000: '' The In Crowd'' *2000: ''

'' *2003: ''

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'' *2004: '' Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius'' *2005: ''Babbleonia'' (documentary) *2011: ''

'' (documentary) *2013: '' Salomé''

Acting

* 1977: ''

'' as Drug Dealer Shot By Police * 1978: '' Dawn of the Dead'' as Motorcycle Raider (final film role)

Producer

*1980: ''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buba, Pasquale 1946 births 2018 deaths American film editors American Cinema Editors American people of Italian descent People from Braddock, Pennsylvania