William Cartwright (film editor)

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William Tilton Cartwright also William T. Cartwright (born August 25, 1920 in St. Louis , Missouri ; † June 1, 2013 in North Hills , California ) was an American film editor who, in his 40-year career, made 20 cinema- , Television and documentary productions as editor. These include cinema classics from the 1960s such as Four Days in November , Die Teufelsbrigade or Die Brücke von Remagen . He has received several awards for his work.

life and career

William Tilton Cartwright was born on August 25, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Carroll Cartwright, worked as a car dealer, and his mother, Flora, was a cosmetics seller on Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan . He grew up mainly in St. Louis and San Antonio . He later enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis and earned a bachelor's degree in English, although World War II interrupted his education. Trained as a naval aviator and photographer , Cartwright served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in the Pacific. In March 1945, he survived a crash into the sea after his plane was hit. He broke several vertebrae and was rescued by a Navy destroyer.

After college, he worked as a photographer and filmmaker in Europe for the US Agency for International Development . He then attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts , but dropped out before completing his diploma.

Cartwright edited a number of documentaries for David L. Wolper's production company in the early 1960s. These included the two renowned films The Making of the President 1960 (1963) and Four Days in November (1964) by director Mel Stuart .

In the late 1960s he was in charge of the two classic war films The Devil's Brigade (1968) by director Andrew V. McLaglen with William Holden and Cliff Robertson in the lead roles and John Guillermin's The Bridge of Remagen (1969) with George Segal , Robert Vaughn and Ben Gazzara .

In the following decades he preferred to focus on the documentary film genre. He received his third Emmy Award in 1989 for the American Masters television documentary series , which Cartwright also co-produced on.

The American television documentary series The Incurables , for which he also served as a screenwriter, was Cartwright's last job as an editor in 2007.

Cartwright was nominated for a total of five Emmy Awards between 1963 and 1997 and won three of the coveted television awards.

His son William T. Cartwright Jr. also took up the profession of film cutter.

William Cartwright had already attracted attention in 1958 with his critical understanding of art and culture. Together with Nicholas King , he bought the Watts Towers in Los Angeles for $ 3,000 and founded a charitable institution to preserve and maintain the towers and their art by Simon Rodia . Today they are considered masterpieces of folk art.

William Cartwright died on June 1, 2013 at the age of 92 in North Hills, California.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

TV Shows

  • 1964–1965: Men in Crisis (TV series) (Two episodes)
  • 1971: It Was a Very Good Year (TV series)
  • 1983: Fame (TV series)

Documentaries

  • 1963: The Making of the President 1960 (documentary)
  • 1964: Four Days in November (documentary)
  • 1965: Prelude to War: Beginning of World War II (television documentary)
  • 1966: China: Roots of Madness (television documentary)
  • 1965–1966: Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (television documentary series)
  • 1966: The Making of a President: 1964 (television documentary)
  • 1968: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (television documentary)
  • 1970: The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (television documentary)
  • 1977: Oscar Presents: The War Movies and John Wayne (documentary)
  • 1988: American Masters (television documentary series)
  • 1994: Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage (documentary)
  • 1994: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (documentary)
  • 2005: Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles (documentary)
  • 2007: The Incurables (television documentary series)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for William Cartwright in: ABC News
  2. ^ Obituary for William Cartwright in: Newser ( Memento of June 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Cartwright, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cartwright, William Tilton (full name); Cartwright, William T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH 1st June 2013
Place of death North Hills , California