Frank P. Keller
Frank P. Keller, Jr. (born February 4, 1913 in Pennsylvania , † December 25, 1977 in Hollywood , California ) was an American film editor who was awarded an Oscar for his work on Peter Yates ' action film Bullitt .
Life
Keller began his film career in 1949 as an assistant to Al Clark in the production of The Man Who Would Rule . In the 1950s, he worked with Frank Capra on AT&T commissioned educational films . These included Our Mr. Sun from 1956, a Technicolor production with Eddie Albert , which explained the function of the sun and its effects on human life. In 1957, Keller won the Emmy Award for this . Both made three more educational films in the series by 1958, after which Keller worked for William Witney's film noir The Hell's Cat for the first time on a feature film . In 1961 he worked again with Frank Capra, The Lower Ten Thousand was his last film work. In the 1960s, Keller also worked for television on various occasions, including on episodes of the television series Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone and Raumschiff Enterprise .
In 1968 he worked for the first time with the director Peter Yates . Keller received the Oscar in 1969 for their first collaboration, Bullitt , after receiving an initial nomination the previous year for his work on the war film Bloody Beach by Cornel Wilde . Until 1976, Keller and Yates worked together on a total of six films, including Four Weird Birds , for which Keller received another Oscar nomination. In 1974 he was nominated for an Oscar for The Seagull Jonathan for the last time. In 1976 he was inducted into the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . He died the following year at the age of 64.
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: The man who wanted to rule (All the King's Men)
- 1958: The Bonnie Parker Story
- 1959: Five Pennies ( The Five Pennies )
- 1961: The Lower Ten Thousand (Pocketful of Miracles)
- 1963: If My Bedroom Could Talk (Come Blow Your Horn)
- 1966: Cyborg 2087
- 1966: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
- 1967: Bloody Beach (Beach Red)
- 1968: Bullitt
- 1969: John and Mary (John and Mary)
- 1971: The Lullaby of the Damned (Murphy's War)
- 1972: Four Weird Birds (The Hot Rock)
- 1973: Jonathan the Seagull (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
- 1974: You're Right With Me (For Pete's Sake)
- 1976: CRASH (Mothers, Jugs and Speed)
- 1977: The Man with the Steel Claw (Rolling Thunder)
Awards
- 1968: Oscar nomination for Bloody Beach
- 1969: Oscar for Bullitt
- 1970: Nomination for the British Film Awards for Bullitt
- 1973: Oscar nomination for Four Weird Birds
- 1974: Oscar nomination for Jonathan Seagull
Web links
- Frank P. Keller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frank P. Keller in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keller, Frank P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keller, Frank P. junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |