George Folsey Jr.

George Folsey Jr.
Born(1939-01-17)January 17, 1939
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 2024(2024-12-29) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • editor
  • assistant director
Notable workAnimal House
The Blues Brothers
Coming to America

George Joseph Folsey Jr. (January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024) was an American film producer, editor, and assistant director.

Life and career

Folsey was born in Los Angeles on January 17, 1939, the son of George J. Folsey.[1] He was educated at Pomona College.[1]

Folsey began his career at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, before moving into film.[1] He frequently worked with director John Landis in the 1980s. In 1987, he was acquitted in a manslaughter case brought over the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children in a helicopter accident on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie.[1]

Folsey and his wife, Belinda, had two children.[1] He died from pneumonia in Los Angeles on December 29, 2024, at the age of 85.[1][2][3]

Significant collaborations

With John Landis

Folsey Jr. edited or co-edited six Landis films: all productions from Schlock (1973) to The Blues Brothers (1980), Thriller and Coming to America. Folsey produced eleven films directed or co-directed by Landis (Schlock, The Blues Brothers, all films from An American Werewolf in London to Coming to America). He was also second unit director on Landis' Trading Places, Into the Night and Three Amigos projects. His son, editor Ryan Folsey appeared in Landis's first feature film Schlock. Folsey's name is mentioned in a scene in Trading Places when Louis Winthorpe gives his coat to the coat attendant and says "Good morning, Folsey."

Selected filmography

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1972 Glass Houses Alexander Singer
Bone Larry Cohen First collaboration with Larry Cohen
Hammer Bruce D. Clark
1973 Black Caesar Larry Cohen Second collaboration with Larry Cohen
Schlock John Landis First collaboration with John Landis
Trader Horn Reza Badiyi
1975 Bucktown Arthur Marks First collaboration with Arthur Marks
1976 Tracks Henry Jaglom
J. D.'s Revenge Arthur Marks Second collaboration with Arthur Marks
Norman... Is That You? George Schlatter
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie John Landis Second collaboration with John Landis
The Chicken Chronicles Frank Simon
1978 Animal House John Landis Third collaboration with John Landis
1980 The Blues Brothers Fourth collaboration with John Landis
1981 Sourdough Martin J. Spinelli
1988 Coming to America John Landis Twelfth collaboration with John Landis
1996 Bulletproof Ernest Dickerson
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Michael Ray Rhodes
1998 Dirty Work Bob Saget
1999 Goosed Aleta Chappelle
2003 Basic John McTiernan
Cheaper by the Dozen Shawn Levy First collaboration with Shawn Levy
2004 The Kings of Brooklyn Lance Lane
2005 Hostel Eli Roth Second collaboration with Eli Roth
The Ringer Barry W. Blaustein
2006 The Pink Panther Shawn Levy Second collaboration with Shawn Levy
Unaccompanied Minors Paul Feig
Pledge This!
  • William Heins
  • Strathford Hamilton
2007 Hostel: Part II Eli Roth Third collaboration with Eli Roth
The Gray Man Scott Flynn
2008 Sex Drive Sean Anders
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Steve Pink
2012 Freeloaders Dan Rosen
2014 My Sister David Lascher
Dead Within Ben Wagner
2015 Chain of Command Kevin Carraway
Clarity Peyv Raz
The Wicked Within Jay Alaimo
2021 Death Link David Lipper First collaboration with David Lipper
Just Swipe Elizabeth Blake-Thomas
2022 Wolf Mountain David Lipper Second collaboration with David Lipper
2024 Summer Rain Josiah David Warren
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1979 Portrait of a Hitman Allan A. Buckhantz Supervising editor
The Great Santini Lewis John Carlino Consulting editor
2001 Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar Additional editor First collaboration with Jay Chandrasekhar
2007 Love and Mary Elizabeth Harrison Supervising editor
2008 Igor Tony Leondis Additional editor
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
1983 Trading Places John Landis Extra Uncredited
Additional crew
Year Film Director Role
1972 Glass Houses Alexander Singer Camera operator
Cinematographer
Year Film Director
1972 Glass Houses Alexander Singer
Producer
Year Film Director Credit Notes
1972 Glass Houses Alexander Singer Producer
1973 Schlock John Landis Executive producer
1980 The Blues Brothers Associate producer
1981 An American Werewolf in London Producer Fifth collaboration with John Landis
1983 Trading Places Executive producer Sixth collaboration with John Landis
Twilight Zone: The Movie Associate producer Prologue / "Time Out" segment
Seventh collaboration with John Landis
1985 Into the Night Producer Eighth collaboration with John Landis
Spies Like Us Ninth collaboration with John Landis
Clue Jonathan Lynn Executive producer First collaboration with Jonathan Lynn
1986 Three Amigos John Landis Producer Tenth collaboration with John Landis
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
Executive producer Eleventh collaboration with John Landis
1988 Coming to America John Landis Producer
1993 The Thing Called Love Peter Bogdanovich Executive producer
1994 Greedy Jonathan Lynn Second collaboration with Jonathan Lynn
1995 Grumpier Old Men Howard Deutch Co-producer
2014 Dead Within Ben Wagner Producer
2020 Reboot Camp Ivo Raza Executive producer
2021 Death Link David Lipper
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Director Role
1983 Trading Places John Landis Second unit director
1985 Into the Night
1986 Three Amigos
Thanks
Year Film Director Role Notes
2002 Cabin Fever Eli Roth Very special thanks First collaboration with Eli Roth
2004 Club Dread Jay Chandrasekhar Thanks Second collaboration with Jay Chandrasekhar
2008 The Rainbow Tribe Christopher R. Watson Very special thanks
2011 Cellmates Jesse Baget Special thanks
Direct-to-video films
Editor
Year Film Director
2006 Pledge This!
  • William Heins
  • Strathford Hamilton
2011 Hostel: Part III Scott Spiegel
Documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director
1977 Exploring the Unknown Alan Neuman
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is Denis Sanders Associate film editor
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen Michael Palm Thanks
Shorts
Editor
Year Film Director
2007 Thanksgiving Eli Roth
Latchkey's Lament Troy Nixey
2008 Hole in the Paper Sky Bill Purple
2010 Despair Alex Prager
2016 One World Julien Seri
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
2000 The Right Hook Luke Greenfield Additional editor
Television films
Editor
Year Film Director
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor Robert Scheerer
1979 Freedom Road Ján Kadár
Television pilots
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2003 Fargo Kathy Bates Producer
Television series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1967 The Monkees 1 episode
1973−74 Shaft 4 episodes
1979 Freedom Road 2 episodes
Television shorts
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
1971 Red, Red, Freckled Leonid Nosyrev Producer
Television specials
Editor
Year Film Director
1968 Here's Peggy Fleming Robert Scheerer
2011 Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV Wendy Liebman

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Barnes, Mike (December 31, 2024). "George Folsey Jr., Film Editor and Producer on John Landis Films, Dies at 85". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Fuster, Jeremy (December 31, 2024). "George Folsey Jr., Longtime Film Editor for John Landis, Dies at 85". TheWrap. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 31, 2024). "George Folsey Jr Dies: 'Animal House', 'Coming To America', 'Thriller' Video Editor & Producer Was 85". Deadline. Retrieved December 31, 2024.


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