Pasquale Buba
Pasquale A. "Pat" Buba (born April 16, 1946 ; † September 12, 2018 ) was an American film editor . He became known in particular through his longstanding collaboration with George A. Romero .
Life
Pasquale Buba was born in 1946 as the second child of Edward Buba († 1997) and Angeline Buba (born Gentile ; 1921-2017). His mother and her family had immigrated to the United States from Tursi, Italy, in 1929 . Buba grew up in Braddock , Pennsylvania , together with his older brother Anthony "Tony" Buba (* 1944).
Buba began his career as a sound engineer and editor at the Pittsburgh television station WQED. Together with John Harrison and Dusty Nelson , he founded the small production company BuDuDa in 1973 . The company, later renamed The Image Works , produced commercials and image films.
Shortly afterwards, Buba met George A. Romero. Two short appearances in Romero's films followed: 1977 as a drug dealer in Martin and 1978 as a biker in Zombie . For Romero's next film Knightriders - Knights on Hot Ovens , Buba supported the director, who had previously edited each of his films on his own, also with the editing of the film. In 1985 Romero Buba had Zombie 2 cut one of his films for the first time. This was followed by further collaborations on the films The Monkey in Humans , the episode film Two Evil Eyes and Stephen Kings Stark .
In 1995 Buba was responsible for editing Michael Mann's crime film Heat , with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the leading roles, together with William Goldenberg , Dov Hoenig and Tom Rolf . The following year, Buba was one of the film editors on Pacino's directorial debut Looking for Richard . He worked with Pacino again in 2000 for Chinese Coffee , 2011 for Wilde Salomé and 2013 for Salomé .
Pasquale Buba was a member of the American Cinema Editors .
He was married to unit manager Zilla Clinton Buba and lived in Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
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- 1975: The Winners (documentary series, 1 episode)
- 1975: MisteRogers' Neighborhood (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1980: Effects
- 1981: Knightriders - Knights on hot stoves (Knightriders)
- 1982: Creepshow (segment The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill )
- 1985: Zombie 2 (Day of the Dead)
- 1988: The monkey in humans (Monkey Shines)
- 1989: Stepfather II
- 1990: Two Evil Eyes (segment The Black Cat )
- 1990: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , television series, 3 episodes)
- 1993: Stephen Kings Stark (The Dark Half)
- 1993: Striking Distance (Striking Distance)
- 1995: Heat
- 1996: Al Pacino's Looking for Richard ( Looking for Richard , documentary)
- 1997: The Brave
- 1999: Simpatico
- 2000: The In Crowd (The In Crowd)
- 2000: Chinese Coffee
- 2003: The Mexico Connection (I Witness)
- 2004: Bobby Jones : Stroke of Genius
- 2005: Babbleonia (documentary)
- 2011: Wilde Salomé (documentary)
- 2013: Salomé
Cutting support
- 1995: Casino
- 2002: Gangs of New York
actor
production
- 1980: Effects
- 2005: After Effects: Memories of Pittsburgh Filmmaking (documentary)
Web links
- Pasquale Buba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Angeline Buba Obituary . In: legacy.com, accessed January 12, 2018
- ↑ a b c “King Turd”: John Harrison's absurdist short film “Ubu” aired on Night Flight in July of 1984 . In: nightflight.com, accessed February 12, 2018
- ^ American Cinema Editors Directory . In: americancinemaeditors.org, accessed February 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buba, Pasquale |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buba, Pasquale A .; Buba, Pat (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1946 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 2018 |