Edward M. Abroms
Edward Meyer Abroms (born May 6, 1935 in Los Angeles , California - † February 13, 2018 in Thousand Oaks , California) was an American film editor and television director .
Life
Abroms began his career as a film editor initially for television in the late 1960s and was responsible for editing various series and TV films. In the 1970s and 1980s there were also some movies, but his focus was always on television. In 1970 and 1972 he was awarded an Emmy .
He also turned to directing and staging episodes of various television series in the 1970s, including several episodes of Operation in Manhattan .
For the film The Flying Eye , he and his colleague Frank Morriss were nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Editing in 1984.
In 2006 he was honored with the ACE Career Achievement Award .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: Affair in Berlin (Berlin Affair)
- 1971: Columbo : Cigars for the boss (Short Fuse)
- 1972: The Agent Who Saw His Body (The Groundstar Conspiracy)
- 1974: Sugarland Express (The Sugarland Express)
- 1983: The Flying Eye (Blue Thunder)
- 1983: The Osterman Weekend (The Osterman Weekend)
- 1987: Cherry 2000
- 1988: Hitman - Cohen & Tate (Cohen and Tate)
- 1991: Payoff
- 1993: Taking the Heat
- 1994: Street Fighter: The Movie
- 1997: TNT
Web links
- Edward M. Abroms in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edward Abroms Dies: 'Columbo' Emmy Winner Who Edited Spielberg's 'Sugarland Express' Was 82 , accessed February 16, 2018
- ↑ Oscar-Nominated Film Editor Edward Abroms Dies at 82 , accessed February 26, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abroms, Edward M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abroms, Edward Meyer (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor and television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2018 |
| Place of death | Thousand Oaks , California |