Karen Schmeer

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Karen Schmeer (born February 20, 1970 in Portland , Oregon , † January 29, 2010 in New York City ) was an American film editor .

Life

Schmeer was born on February 20, 1970 in Portland , Oregon . She was the daughter of Michael Schmeer and Eleanor Dubois, and the granddaughter of the photographer Ray Atkeson . After graduating from Lincoln High School in Portland in 1988, she began studying anthropology at Boston University , which she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1992 . After working as a ticket seller in a cinema in her youth, her second job in the film business was an unpaid internship with the documentary filmmaker Errol Morris , where she was responsible for research.

On January 29, 2010, shortly before 8 p.m. local time, she was about to cross Broadway on 90th Street and was run over by a getaway vehicle in a robbery that was being followed by police. She died while being transported to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center . The driver was arrested, and the New York City Police Department later said some mistakes were made during the pursuit.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control ( Fast, Cheap and Out of Control )
  • 2003: The Fog of War ( The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara )
  • 2005: Sketches of Frank Gehry
  • 2011: Ticket to Ride Into Madness ( Bobby Fischer Against the World )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Melissa Navas: Portland native Karen Schmeer, 39, remembered as loyal friend, talented film editor . In: The Oregonian , January 31, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2012. 
  2. ^ A b Sarah Wheaton: Driver Is Arrested in Fatal Hit and Run on Upper West Side . In: The New York Times , January 31, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Karen Schmeer dies at 39; film editor , latimes.com, accessed April 11, 2012
  4. ↑ NYPD Admits Error in Pedestrian Death, Says Chases Off-Limits , streetsblog.org, accessed April 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Schmeer, Karen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2010
Place of death New York City , United States