Lisa Fruchtman

Lisa Fruchtman (born August 1948 ) is an American film editor who won an Oscar for best editing , and was nominated twice for an Oscar and several other film awards.

Life

Lisa Fruchtman studied after school at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB). She began her career as an editor in the Hollywood film industry in 1973 with the documentary short film Ten: The Magic Number and has been involved in the production of over 25 films to date.

1980 , she was with Richard Marks , Walter Murch and Gerald B. Greenberg nominated for the first time for an Oscar for best editing, specifically for Apocalypse Now (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola , with Martin Sheen , Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall in the lead roles . At the same time she was nominated for the editing of this film for the Eddie , the award of the American Cinema Editors (ACE), as well as for the British Academy Film Award for the best editing .

At the Academy Awards 1984 she won an Oscar for best editing with Glenn Farr , Stephen A. Rotter , Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf with the film The Stuff the Heroes Are Made of (1983) by Philip Kaufman , with Sam Shepard , Scott Glenn and Ed Harris . She also received another Eddie nomination for Best Editing in a Motion Picture.

She got another Oscar nomination for best editing in 1991 together with Barry Malkin and Walter Murch for The Godfather - Part III (1990) by Francis Ford Coppola with the leading actors Al Pacino , Diane Keaton and Andy García .

In 1996 she received another Eddie nomination for Best Editing in a TV Movie for Truman - The Man Who Made History (1995) by Frank Pierson with Gary Sinise , Diana Scarwid and Richard Dysart , a film adaptation of the role of US President Harry S. Truman during World War II . She was also nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement Editing in a TV Movie for editing this HBO- produced film .

In 2010 she received the University of Chicago Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award for service as a film editor.

Filmography (selection)

• 1973: Ten: The Magic Number (short documentary)
• 1974: The Godfather - Part II (The Godfather Part II) - assistant editor
• 1979: Apocalypse Now - with co-editors Richard Marks , Gerald B. Greenberg and Walter Murch
• 1980: Heaven's Gate - Heaven's Gate (Heaven's Gate) - with co-editors Gerald B. Greenberg, William H. Reynolds and Tom Rolf
• 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff) - with co-editors Glenn Farr , Stephen A. Rotter , Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf
• 1986: Children of a Lesser God (Children of a Lesser God)
• 1986: Captain EO (short film) - with co-editor Walter Murch
• 1990: The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather Part III) - with co-editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch
• 1991: The Doctor - An ordinary patient (The Doctor) - with co-editor Bruce Green
• 1993: Escape in the Moonlight ( Shimmer )
• 1995: Truman - The Man Who Made History (Truman) (TV movie)
• 1997: The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding) - with co-editor Garth Craven
• 1998: Dance with Me - with co-editor William S. Scharf
• 1999: Witness Protection (TV film)
• 2002: Teknolust
• 2003: A Question of Love (Normal)
• 2004: The Demon Inside Me (The Woodsman) - with co-editor Brian A. Kates
• 2004: Lovesong for Bobby Long - with co-editor Lee Percy
• 2006: Bonneville - with co-editor Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
• 2012: Sweet Dreams - also direction & production
• 2015: Love & Taxes

Awards

• 1984 : Oscar for the best editing

Web links

• Lisa Fruchtman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Entry in the film lexicon (zweiausendeins.de)
• Lisa Fruchtman. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016 . 
• Entry in the New York Times

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Alumni Award winners span varied careers and achievements, from economics to medicine to winemaking Alumni Association of the University of Chicago. Retrieved December 13, 2013.