Arthur Schmidt (film editor) explained

Arthur Schmidt
Birth Name:Arthur Robert Schmidt
Birth Date:17 June 1937
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death Place:Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation:Film editor
Spouse:Susan Craig
Father:Arthur P. Schmidt

Arthur Robert Schmidt (June 17, 1937 – August 5, 2023) was an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005. Schmidt had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) to Cast Away (2000)[1] .

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 (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)

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteMarty Feldmanco-edited with Jim Clark
1978Jaws 2Jeannot Szwarc
1979The Jericho MileMichael Mann
1980Coal Miner's DaughterMichael AptedNominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The IdolmakerTaylor Hackford
1982The Escape ArtistCaleb Deschanel
1984The Buddy SystemGlenn Jordan
FirstbornMichael Apted
1985FandangoKevin Reynolds
Back to the FutureRobert ZemeckisNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1986Ruthless PeopleDavid Zucker
Jim Abrahams
Jerry Zucker
1988Who Framed Roger RabbitRobert ZemeckisAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1989Back to the Future Part II
1990Back to the Future Part III
1991The RocketeerJoe Johnston
1992Death Becomes HerRobert Zemeckis
The Last of the MohicansMichael Mann
1993Addams Family ValuesBarry Sonnenfeld
1994Forrest GumpRobert ZemeckisAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
ACE Eddie
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1996The BirdcageMike Nichols
Chain ReactionAndrew Davis
1997ContactRobert Zemeckis
1998Primary ColorsMike Nichols
2000What Lies BeneathRobert Zemeckis
Cast Away
2003Gore Verbinski
2005The ChumscrubberArie Posin

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sciences . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and . Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning 'Forrest Gump' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Film Editor, Dies at 86 . 2024-08-07 . A.frame . en.
  2. Web site: Bartlett . Rhett . Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and ‘Forrest Gump,’ Dies at 86 . . August 7, 2023.
  3. Lobrutto, Vincent (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors On Editing (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut), p. 213.
  4. 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 Web site: The Labyrinth . December 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202192528/http://thelabyrinthdocumentary.com/ . February 2, 2011 . live.
  5. 'Wall-E,' 'Slumdog' win at ACE Eddies . Debruge . Peter . Variety . February 16, 2009 . December 31, 2010.