Robert L. Estrin (born 3 March 1942 in

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) is 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 ...

Career

Estrin started his career in the 1970s. His first work was a documentary feature about the photographer

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. Later he also edited feature films such as '' The Candidate'' (1972), ''

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'' (1973) and ''Memory of Us'' (1974). His last work was the cut of the 1995 comedy film '' The Perez Family''. Estrin's sister Sandra Adair also works as a film editor.Carlsbad native nominated for Academy Award for film editing of "Boyhood"
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Selected filmography

;Documentaries ;TV documentaries ;TV movies ;TV series ;TV shorts

Awards

For his cut of the documentary film ''Creation of the Universe'' Estrin was nominated for an ''Eddie Award'' of

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in 1985.Robert L. Estrin.
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Estrin, Robert 1942 births Living people American film editors