Tina Hirsch (born 1943)—also known as Bettina Kugel Hirsch, Bettina Hirsch, and Bettina Kugel—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 ...

and an adjunct professor of editing at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

.
USC School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile Tina Hirsch began to edit films in the late 1960s, serving as an assistant editor on '' Woodstock (film), Woodstock'' (1970) and ''

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'' (1970). She edited several films for

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including ''

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'' (1975) and '' Eat My Dust!'' (1976). She advanced to editing major studio films, including the sequels '' More American Graffiti'' (1979) and '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982). In the '80s, she was a regular editor for New World Pictures alumnus

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's films, including the " It's a Good Life" sequence in '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983) as well as ''

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'' (1984) and ''

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'' (1985). Hirsch would later direct '' Munchies'' (1987) for New World's founder

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, one of the many low-budget movies that were imitative of Dante's ''Gremlins.'' Hirsch edited episodes of the television series ''

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'' (" A Proportional Response", 1999, and " What Kind of Day Has It Been", 2000), for which she was nominated for an

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for "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series" and for which she also won an Eddie Award from 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 ...

. In 2005, she was nominated for a second Emmy for editing the television miniseries '' Back When We Were Grownups'' (2004). She has been elected to membership in the

, and she was the first female president of the honorary society.McNary, Dave (2000)
"ACE taps 'Wings' Hirsch new prexy: First woman to top editors' org"
''Variety'' August 16, 2000; online version retrieved July 7, 2008. Hirsch currently serves on the board of ACE, and has done so for more than two decades.
American Cinema Editors Official website Since 2003, Hirsch has spent her time working as an adjunct professor of editing at USC film school.

Selected filmography

;Documentaries ;Shorts ;TV movies ;TV series

References

External links

* *Kowalski, Eileen (2001)
"Tina Hirsch"
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