Occupation Film editor Children Gina Hirsch Movies Hi, Mom!, I Love Trouble | Role Film editor Name Paul Hirsch Siblings Charles Hirsch | |
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Full Name Paul Frederick Hirsch Born November 14, 1945 (age 79) ( 1945-11-14 ) New York, USA Books The Adventures of Pluto Nash Similar People Richard Chew, Marcia Lucas, Gary Kurtz, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley | ||
Mgu interview editor paul hirsch
Paul Hirsch (born November 14, 1945) is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross. He won an Academy Award and Saturn Award for his work on the iconic space opera Star Wars, which he shared with Richard Chew and Marcia Lucas.
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- Mgu interview editor paul hirsch
- Sneak peek a conversation with paul hirsch editor of star wars
- Life and career
- References
Sneak peek a conversation with paul hirsch editor of star wars
Life and career
A native of New York City, after graduating from Columbia he began to pursue a career in editing. In the late 1960s, while editing trailers in NYC, he was introduced by his brother, Charles, to then unknown filmmaker Brian De Palma. Their collaboration has yielded eleven feature films.
In 1978, he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Star Wars, along with Richard Chew and Marcia Lucas. He was also the first person to win the Saturn Award for Best Editing twice, first for Star Wars in 1977 and then Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2011.
He has edited over 40 feature films, including The Empire Strikes Back, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Footloose, Carrie, Falling Down, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Blow Out, The Secret of My Success, Steel Magnolias and Ray, for which he received a second Academy Award nomination in 2005 and the American Cinema Editors' award for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical). He has also worked with Duncan Jones on Source Code and Warcraft.
Hirsch rarely watches movies other than his own more than once. However, he cites that the musical An American in Paris and the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey are worthy of repeat viewing.