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Name
  
Carol Littleton

Role
  
Film Editor


Spouse
  
John Bailey (m. 1972)

Movies
  
Alice

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Awards
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Miniseries Or A Movie

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Film Editing, BAFTA Award for Best Editing, Satellite Award for Best Editing

Similar People
  
John Bailey, Allen Daviau, James D Bissell, Tak Fujimoto, Lawrence Kasdan

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Carol Littleton (born October 1948) is an American feature film editor. Her work includes Body Heat (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and The Big Chill (1983). Carol Littleton was the recipient of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing (for a TV Miniseries, Movie or a Special) for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999).

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Littleton has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. Littleton was a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Editors Branch) from 1999 through 2002 and served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild during the late 1980s. She is married to cinematographer John Bailey.

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Life and career

Carol Littleton was born in Oklahoma. She attended the University of Oklahoma College of Arts & Sciences, obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1965 and her master's in 1970. Her obsession with film editing started in France, when Littleton became acquainted with French New Wave cinema. During the 1970s, Carol Littleton owned a production company which made commercials. She moved into working as a film editor with director Karen Arthur on Legacy (1975). Other films were to follow and Littleton received an Academy Award nomination for editing Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Commencing with Body Heat (1981), Littleton had an extended collaboration with the director Lawrence Kasdan. Of the ten films that he has directed, Littleton has edited eight, including The Accidental Tourist (1988).

In the late 1980s, Carol Littleton was elected and served as the president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Littleton is one of the major editors that author Gabriella Oldham interview for her book, First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (1992).

As Film Editor

The release year and director for each film are indicated in parenthesis.

  • A Walk in the Woods (2015 - Kwapis)
  • Cut Bank (2014 - Shakman)
  • Darling Companion (2012 - Kasdan)
  • The Rum Diary (2011 - Robinson)
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 - Chadwick)
  • Margot at the Wedding (2007 - Baumbach)
  • In the Land of Women (2007 - Jon Kasdan)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004 remake - Demme)
  • Dreamcatcher (2003 - Kasdan)
  • What Women Want (2000 - Meyers) (Additional Editor)
  • Tuesdays with Morrie (1999 - Jackson) (TV)
  • Beloved (1999 - Demme)
  • Mumford (1999 - Kasdan)
  • Diabolique (1996 - Chechik)
  • Wyatt Earp (1994 - Kasdan)
  • Benny & Joon (1993 - Checkhik)
  • Grand Canyon (1991 - Kasdan)
  • White Palace (1990 - Mandoki)
  • The Accidental Tourist (1988 - Kasdan)
  • Vibes (1988 - Kwapis)
  • Swimming to Cambodia (1987 - Demme) (aka Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia)
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986 - Saks) (aka Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs)
  • Silverado (1985 - Kasdan)
  • Places in the Heart (1984 - Benton)
  • The Big Chill (1983 - Kasdan)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982 - Spielberg)
  • Body Heat (1981 - Kasdan)
  • French Postcards (1979)
  • Battered (1978) (TV)
  • Legacy (1976 - Arthur)
  • Academy Award Nominations & Wins

  • 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (nominated) Best Film Editing
  • Other Awards and Nominations

  • 2000 – Tuesdays with Morrie (won) Emmy Award - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special"
  • 1999 – Beloved (nominated) Satellite Awards (International Press Academy) Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture Film Editing (w/ co-editor Andy Keir)
  • 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (nominated) American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film
  • 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (nominated) BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing
  • References

    Carol Littleton Wikipedia