Stanford Tischler (December 25, 1921, in
Wilkes-Barre
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,
[ ] Pennsylvania
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– January 15, 2014) was 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 ...
and producer.
His first recorded credit as an editor was for ''
The Bigamist'' (1953), but he was also the sound effects editor for the
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind Frank Capra filmography#Films that won Academy Award ...
film ''
It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946).
Tischler won an
Emmy Award
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in 1976 for his work on ''
M*A*S*H
''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richa ...
'', for which he edited and co-produced 130 episodes and was also nominated for a further eight Emmys, also for ''M*A*S*H''.
Emmy awards
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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He also won at least two Eddie Awards, in 1974 and 1975, presented by the American Cinema Editors
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honorary society for his work on ''M*A*S*H''.[
Tischler died on January 15, 2014.][ He was 92.
]
See also
* Larry Gelbart
Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series '' M*A*S*H'', and as co-writer of the ...
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1921 births
2014 deaths
American film producers
American Cinema Editors
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