J. Terry Williams
J. Terry Williams (born August 25, 1930 - March 22, 2015 ) was an American film editor .
Life
J. Terry Williams gained his first experience in Hollywood as an assistant to film editors such as Aaron Stell , whom he helped with the film editing of the literary adaptation Who disturbs the Nightingale (1962). For the Doris Day - Rock Hudson -Komödie Send Me No Flowers , he was responsible in 1964 for the first time as an independent editor. For work on his next film The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! 1967 received Williams along with Hal Ashby nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Editing . While he was still working as assistant to editor George Tomasini on Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho (1960) , he was solely responsible for editing Hitchcock's last film Family Grave in 1976 . From 1956 he was a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
Williams lived with his wife Merlene in Laguna Hills , California .
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: Send Me No Flowers (Send Me No Flowers)
- 1966: The Russians are coming! The Russians are Coming! (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming)
- 1967: $ 25,000 for a man (Banning)
- 1967: The Secret War of Harry Frigg (The Secret War of Harry Frigg)
- 1968: Every house of cards breaks (House of Cards)
- 1969: Green Eyes in the Night (Eye of the Cat)
- 1970: The Wasp 's Nest (Hornets' Nest)
- 1970: A Sheriff in New York (McCloud) (TV series)
- 1971: Hot Cold Blood (The Beloved)
- 1972: To hell with Hosanna (The Wrath of God)
- 1972: Columbo (TV series, one episode)
- 1973: The Boss ( Ironside ) (TV series, episode)
- 1974: Giants in the sky (Airport 1975)
- 1976: Family grave (Family Plot)
- 1977: Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Airport '77)
- 1980: Raise the Titanic (Raise the Titanic)
- 1981: Goliath - sensation after 40 years (Goliath Awaits)
- 1988: The Merciless Hunter (The Tracker)
Awards
- 1967: Nomination for an Oscar in the category Best Editing for The Russians are coming! The Russians are Coming! together with Hal Ashby
- 1972: Nomination for the Emmy Best Editing for the series The Bold Ones: The Lawyers with Richard Bracken and Gloryette Clark
- 1985: Nomination for an Emmy for Best Editing for the series The Cases of Harry Fox
Web links
- J. Terry Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b In Memoriam . In: CineMontage . Summer 2015, p. 63.
- ^ Philip J. Skerry: The Shower Scene in Hitchcock's Psycho : Creating Cinematic Suspense and Terror . Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, p. 267.
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SURNAME | Williams, J. Terry |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1930 |
DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 2015 |