Arthur Schmidt (film editor)

Not to be confused with Arthur P. Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt's father who was also an editor.

Arthur Schmidt
Publicity Photo of Arthur Schmidt
Born	Arthur Robert Schmidt (1937-06-17)June 17, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	August 5, 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 86) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Spouse	Susan Craig
Father	Arthur P. Schmidt

Arthur Robert Schmidt (June 17, 1937 – August 5, 2023) was an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005.^[1] Schmidt had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) to Cast Away (2000).^[2]

Life

Schmidt was born in Los Angeles on June 17, 1937, the son of film editor Arthur P. Schmidt;^[3] it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father editing the film Sunset Boulevard (1950).^[4] Schmidt graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English.

Schmidt received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with Craig Wood and Stephen E. Rivkin, 2003), Forrest Gump, and for a television special The Jericho Mile (1979). He has been nominated for major editing awards (including the BAFTA Award for Best Editing) for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Back to the Future (with Harry Keramidas, 1985), The Last of the Mohicans (with Dov Hoenig, 1992), and Cast Away (2000). He was the executive producer for The Labyrinth (2010).^[5]

Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to Schmidt by Zemeckis.^[6]

Schmidt died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on August 5, 2023, at the age of 86.^[3]

Filmography (as editor)

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	The Last Remake of Beau Geste	Marty Feldman	co-edited with Jim Clark
1978	Jaws 2	Jeannot Szwarc
1979	The Jericho Mile	Michael Mann
1980	Coal Miner's Daughter	Michael Apted	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
	The Idolmaker	Taylor Hackford
1982	The Escape Artist	Caleb Deschanel
1984	The Buddy System	Glenn Jordan
	Firstborn	Michael Apted
1985	Fandango	Kevin Reynolds
	Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1986	Ruthless People	David Zucker
		Jim Abrahams
		Jerry Zucker
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Robert Zemeckis	Academy Award for Best Film Editing
			Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1989	Back to the Future Part II
1990	Back to the Future Part III
1991	The Rocketeer	Joe Johnston
1992	Death Becomes Her	Robert Zemeckis
	The Last of the Mohicans	Michael Mann
1993	Addams Family Values	Barry Sonnenfeld
1994	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	Academy Award for Best Film Editing
			ACE Eddie
			Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1996	The Birdcage	Mike Nichols
	Chain Reaction	Andrew Davis
1997	Contact	Robert Zemeckis
1998	Primary Colors	Mike Nichols
2000	What Lies Beneath	Robert Zemeckis
	Cast Away
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski
2005	The Chumscrubber	Arie Posin

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

References

1. Arthur Schmidt at IMDb
2. Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning 'Forrest Gump' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Film Editor, Dies at 86". A.frame. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
3. Bartlett, Rhett. "Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' and 'Forrest Gump,' Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
4. Lobrutto, Vincent (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors On Editing (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut), p. 213. ISBN 978-0-275-93395-1
5. The Labyrinth is a documentary short film about Marian Kolodziej's artworks, which relate his experiences as a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The film was produced by Ron Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt's brother, and involved two additional members of the Schmidt family in its production. See "The Labyrinth". Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
6. Debruge, Peter (February 16, 2009). "'Wall-E,' 'Slumdog' win at ACE Eddies". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2010.

Further reading

• Buckner, Bonnie (2001). "Conversation with Arthur Schmidt," The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine Vol. 22, No. 2 (May/June 2001). Online version retrieved December 15, 2007.

External links

• Arthur Schmidt at IMDb