Richard C. Meyer (April 5, 1920 – July 19, 1985) was a German-American television and film editor and occasional film writer and film producer. He was nominated for a

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ...

for Outstanding Film Editing for the miniseries ''

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'' (1978). He also won the

BAFTA Award for Best Editing The BAFTA Award for Best Editing is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards, to recognize a film editor who has delivered outstanding editing in a film. BAFTA ...

for ''

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'' in 1970, which he shared with John C. Howard. Meyer worked as a film editor for such films as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Three in the Attic ''Three in the Attic'' (stylized as ''3 in the Attic'') is a 1968 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux, with Judy Pace and Maggie Thrett. Nan Martin, John Beck, and Eve McVeagh appe ...

''.

Selected filmography

;Documentaries ;TV movies ;TV series

References

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* 1920 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters American film editors American people of German descent Best Editing BAFTA Award winners {{US-film-editor-stub