Arthur Schmidt (film editor)

Not to be confused with Arthur P. Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt's father who was also an editor.

Arthur Schmidt
Publicity Photo of Arthur Schmidt
Born
Arthur Robert Schmidt

(1937-06-17)June 17, 1937
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 5, 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 86)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm editor
SpouseSusan Craig
FatherArthur 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.[1] Schmidt had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) to Cast Away (2000).[2]

Life

Schmidt was born in Los Angeles on June 17, 1937, the son of film editor Arthur P. Schmidt;[3] it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father editing the film Sunset Boulevard (1950).[4] 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).[5]

Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to Schmidt by Zemeckis.[6]

Schmidt died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on August 5, 2023, at the age of 86.[3]

Filmography (as editor)

Year Title Director Notes
1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste Marty Feldman co-edited with Jim Clark
1978 Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc
1979 The Jericho Mile Michael Mann
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Michael Apted Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Idolmaker Taylor Hackford
1982 The Escape Artist Caleb Deschanel
1984 The Buddy System Glenn Jordan
Firstborn Michael Apted
1985 Fandango Kevin Reynolds
Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1986 Ruthless People David Zucker
Jim Abrahams
Jerry Zucker
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1989 Back to the Future Part II
1990 Back to the Future Part III
1991 The Rocketeer Joe Johnston
1992 Death Becomes Her Robert Zemeckis
The Last of the Mohicans Michael Mann
1993 Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld
1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis Academy Award for Best Film Editing
ACE Eddie
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1996 The Birdcage Mike Nichols
Chain Reaction Andrew Davis
1997 Contact Robert Zemeckis
1998 Primary Colors Mike Nichols
2000 What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis
Cast Away
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski
2005 The Chumscrubber Arie Posin

See also

References

  1. ^ Arthur Schmidt at IMDb
  2. ^ Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning 'Forrest Gump' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Film Editor, Dies at 86". A.frame. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Lobrutto, Vincent (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors On Editing (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut), p. 213. ISBN 978-0-275-93395-1
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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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