Arthur Schmidt | |
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| Born | Arthur Robert Schmidt June 17, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 2023 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Spouse | Susan Craig |
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Arthur Robert Schmidt (June 17, 1937 – August 5, 2023) was an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005.[1] Schmidt had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) to Cast Away (2000).
Life
Schmidt was born in Los Angeles on June 17, 1937, the son of film editor Arthur P. Schmidt;[2] it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father editing the film Sunset Boulevard (1950).[3] Schmidt graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English.
Schmidt received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with Craig Wood and Stephen E. Rivkin, 2003), Forrest Gump, and for a television special The Jericho Mile (1979). He has been nominated for major editing awards (including the BAFTA Award for Best Editing) for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Back to the Future (with Harry Keramidas, 1985), The Last of the Mohicans (with Dov Hoenig, 1992), and Cast Away (2000). He was the executive producer for The Labyrinth (2010).[4]
Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to Schmidt by Zemeckis.[5]
Schmidt died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on August 5, 2023, at the age of 86.[2]
Filmography (as editor)
See also
References
- ↑ Arthur Schmidt at IMDb
- 1 2 Bartlett, Rhett. "Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' and 'Forrest Gump,' Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ↑ Lobrutto, Vincent (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors On Editing (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut), p. 213. ISBN 978-0-275-93395-1
- ↑ The Labyrinth is a documentary short film about Marian Kolodziej's artworks, which relate his experiences as a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The film was produced by Ron Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt's brother, and involved two additional members of the Schmidt family in its production. See "The Labyrinth". Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ↑ Debruge, Peter (February 16, 2009). "'Wall-E,' 'Slumdog' win at ACE Eddies". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
Further reading
- Buckner, Bonnie (2001). "Conversation with Arthur Schmidt," The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine Vol. 22, No. 2 (May/June 2001). Online version retrieved December 15, 2007.
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