Occupation film editor Name Hugh Robertson | Role Film director Movies Bim, Melinda | |
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Born May 28, 1932 ( 1932-05-28 ) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died January 10, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States Awards BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominations Academy Award for Best Film Editing Similar People Jerome Hellman, Adam Holender, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, Ralph Maraj | ||
Hugh A. Robertson (May 28, 1932 – January 10, 1988) was an African-American film director and editor, born in Brooklyn, of Jamaican parents. While Robertson was credited as an editor for only three films, Midnight Cowboy (directed by John Schlesinger-1969) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Editing and a nomination for the Academy Award for Film Editing for the same film.
Robertson subsequently edited Gordon Parks' film Shaft (1971), which was his last credit as a film editor. By this time Robertson had turned to directing. In addition to television programs and documentaries, he directed the feature Melinda (1972). He spent most of his remaining life in Trinidad and Tobago. There he produced and directed the film Bim (1975) and ran a filmmaking school. He returned to the United States in 1986.