Alan Heim

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| name = Alan Heim

| other_names = Allan Heim

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| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Film editor

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Alan Heim, ACE (born May 21, 1936) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for editing All That Jazz (1979).

Biography

Heim was born in the Bronx, New York.

He has more than thirty feature-film credits to his name, and has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Heim has also served as President of the ACE organization and as President of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), the IATSE union that represents film editors, sound mixers and post-production craftspeople.[http://americancinemaeditors.org/board-of-directors/] American Cinema Editors (ACE) Official website[https://www.editorsguild.com/Directors.cfm] Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) Official website

Heim had an extended collaboration with director Bob Fosse. For his work on All That Jazz (1979), Heim received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. All That Jazz is the fourth best-edited film of all time on a 2012 list compiled by the Motion Picture Editors Guild, and Edward Ländler wrote a summary of the editing for that listing.{{cite journal |title=The 75 Best Edited Films |journal=Editors Guild Magazine |date=May 1, 2012 |volume=1 |issue=3 |url=http://cinemontage.org/2012/05/75-best-edited-films/ |access-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722044926/http://cinemontage.org/2012/05/75-best-edited-films/ |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable" \|+ Editor
Year ! Film ! Director ! Notes
1968 \| The Sea Gull \|rowspan=2\| Sidney Lumet \|Fourth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
rowspan=2\| 1970 \| Last of the Mobile Hot Shots \|Fifth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
The Twelve Chairs \|Mel Brooks \|Second collaboration with Mel Brooks
1971 \| Doc \|Frank Perry \|
1973 \| Godspell \|David Greene \|
1974 \| Lenny \|Bob Fosse \|First collaboration with Bob Fosse
1976 \| Network \|Sidney Lumet \|Sixth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
rowspan=2\| 1979 \| Hair \|Miloš Forman \|First collaboration with Miloš Forman
All That Jazz \|Bob Fosse \|Second collaboration with Bob Fosse
rowspan=2\| 1981 \| The Fan \|Edward Bianchi \|
So Fine \|Andrew Bergman \|
1983 \| Star 80 \|Bob Fosse \|Third collaboration with Bob Fosse
rowspan=2\| 1985 \| Goodbye, New York \|Amos Kollek \|
Beer \|Patrick Kelly \|
rowspan=2\| 1988 \| She's Having a Baby \|John Hughes \|
Funny Farm \|George Roy Hill \|
1989 \| Valmont \|Miloš Forman \|Second collaboration with Miloš Forman
1990 \| Quick Change \|{{ubl\|Howard Franklin\|Bill Murray}} \|
1991 \| Billy Bathgate \|Robert Benton \|
1993 \| Dennis the Menace \|Nick Castle \|
1995 \| Copycat \|Jon Amiel \|
1997 \| Leave It to Beaver \|Andy Cadiff \|
1998 \| American History X \|Tony Kaye \|
2000 \| Bless the Child \|Chuck Russell \|
2002 \| The Adventures of Pluto Nash \|Ron Underwood \|
2003 \| Carolina \|Marleen Gorris \|
2004 \| The Notebook \|rowspan=2\| Nick Cassavetes \|First collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2006 \| Alpha Dog \|Second collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2007 \| The Last Mimzy \|Robert Shaye \|
2009 \| My Sister's Keeper \|Nick Cassavetes \|Third collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2010 \| Janie Jones \|David M. Rosenthal \|
2012 \| Bless Me, Ultima \|Carl Franklin \|
2013 \| Gods Behaving Badly \|Marc Turtletaub \|
2014 \| The Other Woman \|Nick Cassavetes \|Fourth collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2015 \| I Saw the Light \|Marc Abraham \|

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|+ Editor

Year

! Film

! Director

! Notes

1968

| The Sea Gull

|rowspan=2| Sidney Lumet

|Fourth collaboration with Sidney Lumet

rowspan=2| 1970

| Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

|Fifth collaboration with Sidney Lumet

The Twelve Chairs

|Mel Brooks

|Second collaboration with Mel Brooks

1971

| Doc

|Frank Perry

1973

| Godspell

|David Greene

1974

| Lenny

|Bob Fosse

|First collaboration with Bob Fosse

1976

| Network

|Sidney Lumet

|Sixth collaboration with Sidney Lumet

rowspan=2| 1979

| Hair

|Miloš Forman

|First collaboration with Miloš Forman

All That Jazz

|Bob Fosse

|Second collaboration with Bob Fosse

rowspan=2| 1981

| The Fan

|Edward Bianchi

So Fine

|Andrew Bergman

1983

| Star 80

|Bob Fosse

|Third collaboration with Bob Fosse

rowspan=2| 1985

| Goodbye, New York

|Amos Kollek

Beer

|Patrick Kelly

rowspan=2| 1988

| She's Having a Baby

|John Hughes

Funny Farm

|George Roy Hill

1989

| Valmont

|Miloš Forman

|Second collaboration with Miloš Forman

1990

| Quick Change

|{{ubl|Howard Franklin|Bill Murray}}

1991

| Billy Bathgate

|Robert Benton

1993

| Dennis the Menace

|Nick Castle

1995

| Copycat

|Jon Amiel

1997

| Leave It to Beaver

|Andy Cadiff

1998

| American History X

|Tony Kaye

2000

| Bless the Child

|Chuck Russell

2002

| The Adventures of Pluto Nash

|Ron Underwood

2003

| Carolina

|Marleen Gorris

2004

| The Notebook

|rowspan=2| Nick Cassavetes

|First collaboration with Nick Cassavetes

2006

| Alpha Dog

|Second collaboration with Nick Cassavetes

2007

| The Last Mimzy

|Robert Shaye

2009

| My Sister's Keeper

|Nick Cassavetes

|Third collaboration with Nick Cassavetes

2010

| Janie Jones

|David M. Rosenthal

2012

| Bless Me, Ultima

|Carl Franklin

2013

| Gods Behaving Badly

|Marc Turtletaub

2014

| The Other Woman

|Nick Cassavetes

|Fourth collaboration with Nick Cassavetes

2015

| I Saw the Light

|Marc Abraham

class="wikitable" \|+ Editorial department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
1989 \| Bloodhounds of Broadway \|Howard Brookner \|Editorial consultant
1996 \| The Mirror Has Two Faces \|Barbra Streisand \|Additional editor
2004 \| The Alamo \|John Lee Hancock \|Additional film editor
2008 \| Forever Plaid: The Movie \|Stuart Ross \|Supervising editor

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|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1989

| Bloodhounds of Broadway

|Howard Brookner

|Editorial consultant

1996

| The Mirror Has Two Faces

|Barbra Streisand

|Additional editor

2004

| The Alamo

|John Lee Hancock

|Additional film editor

2008

| Forever Plaid: The Movie

|Stuart Ross

|Supervising editor

class="wikitable" \|+ Actor
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes
1979 \| All That Jazz \|Bob Fosse \|Eddie \|
2013 \| Return to Babylon \|Alex Monty Canawati \|Landlord \|Scenes deleted

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|+ Actor

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

! Notes

1979

| All That Jazz

|Bob Fosse

|Eddie

2013

| Return to Babylon

|Alex Monty Canawati

|Landlord

|Scenes deleted

class="wikitable" \|+ Music department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
1966 \| The Fat Spy \|Joseph Cates \|Music editor

class="wikitable"

|+ Music department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1966

| The Fat Spy

|Joseph Cates

|Music editor

class="wikitable" \|+ Sound department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes
1964 \| The Pawnbroker \|rowspan=2\| Sidney Lumet \|rowspan=2\| Sound editor \|First collaboration with Sidney Lumet
rowspan=2\| 1966 \| The Group \|Second collaboration with Sidney Lumet
The Fat Spy \|Joseph Cates \|Sound effects editor \|
1967 \| The Producers \|Mel Brooks \|rowspan=3\| Sound editor \|First collaboration with Mel Brooks
rowspan=2\| 1968 \| Bye Bye Braverman \|Sidney Lumet \|Third collaboration with Sidney Lumet
Rachel, Rachel \|Paul Newman \|

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|+ Sound department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

! Notes

1964

| The Pawnbroker

|rowspan=2| Sidney Lumet

|rowspan=2| Sound editor

|First collaboration with Sidney Lumet

rowspan=2| 1966

| The Group

|Second collaboration with Sidney Lumet

The Fat Spy

|Joseph Cates

|Sound effects editor

1967

| The Producers

|Mel Brooks

|rowspan=3| Sound editor

|First collaboration with Mel Brooks

rowspan=2| 1968

| Bye Bye Braverman

|Sidney Lumet

|Third collaboration with Sidney Lumet

Rachel, Rachel

|Paul Newman

class="wikitable" \|+ Thanks
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
2009 \| The Red Machine \|{{ubl\|Stephanie Argy\|Alec Boehm}} \|Special thanks

class="wikitable"

|+ Thanks

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

2009

| The Red Machine

|{{ubl|Stephanie Argy|Alec Boehm}}

|Special thanks

Documentaries

class="wikitable" \|+ Editorial department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
1967 \| Festival \|Murray Lerner \|Associate editor

class="wikitable"

|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1967

| Festival

|Murray Lerner

|Associate editor

class="wikitable" \|+ Producer
Year ! Film ! Director ! Credit
2004 \| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing \|Wendy Apple \|Executive producer: TCEP

class="wikitable"

|+ Producer

Year

! Film

! Director

! Credit

2004

| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

|Wendy Apple

|Executive producer: TCEP

class="wikitable" \|+ Sound department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
1965 \| The Eleanor Roosevelt Story \|Richard Kaplan \|Sound effects editor

class="wikitable"

|+ Sound department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1965

| The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

|Richard Kaplan

|Sound effects editor

class="wikitable" \|+ Thanks
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
2009 \| It Takes a Cult \|Eric Johannsen \|Thanks
2017 \| The Fabulous Allan Carr \|Jeffrey Schwarz \|Special thanks

class="wikitable"

|+ Thanks

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

2009

| It Takes a Cult

|Eric Johannsen

|Thanks

2017

| The Fabulous Allan Carr

|Jeffrey Schwarz

|Special thanks

TV documentaries

class="wikitable" \|+ Editorial department
Year ! Film ! Director ! Role
2005 \| Pretty Things \|Liz Goldwyn \|Supervising editor

class="wikitable"

|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

2005

| Pretty Things

|Liz Goldwyn

|Supervising editor

TV movies

class="wikitable" \|+ Editor
Year ! Film ! Director
1975 \| The Silence \|Joseph Hardy
1978 \| Holocaust \|Marvin J. Chomsky
1986 \| Nobody's Child \|Lee Grant
1999 \| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge \|Martha Coolidge
2008 \| Skip Tracer \|Stephen Frears
2009 \| Grey Gardens \|Michael Sucsy

class="wikitable"

|+ Editor

Year

! Film

! Director

1975

| The Silence

|Joseph Hardy

1978

| Holocaust

|Marvin J. Chomsky

1986

| Nobody's Child

|Lee Grant

1999

| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

|Martha Coolidge

2008

| Skip Tracer

|Stephen Frears

2009

| Grey Gardens

|Michael Sucsy

TV series

class="wikitable" \|+ Editor
Year ! Title ! Notes
1978 \| Holocaust \|2 episodes

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|+ Editor

Year

! Title

! Notes

1978

| Holocaust

|2 episodes

class="wikitable" \|+ Music department
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1963−64 \| East Side West Side \|rowspan=2\| Music editor \|13 episodes
1964 \| Mr. Broadway \|2 episodes

class="wikitable"

|+ Music department

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1963−64

| East Side West Side

|rowspan=2| Music editor

|13 episodes

1964

| Mr. Broadway

|2 episodes

class="wikitable" \|+ Sound department
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1963 \| The Nurses \|Sound effects Sound effects editor \|5 episodes
1963−64 \| East Side West Side \|Sound editor Sound effects editor Sound mixer \|8 episodes
1964 \| Mr. Broadway \|Sound effects editor \|2 episodes
1966 \| ABC Stage 67 \|Sound editor \|1 episode

class="wikitable"

|+ Sound department

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1963

| The Nurses

|Sound effects

Sound effects editor

|5 episodes

1963−64

| East Side West Side

|Sound editor

Sound effects editor

Sound mixer

|8 episodes

1964

| Mr. Broadway

|Sound effects editor

|2 episodes

1966

| ABC Stage 67

|Sound editor

|1 episode

TV specials

class="wikitable" \|+ Editor
Year ! Film ! Director ! Notes
1972 \| Liza with a Z \|Bob Fosse \|Concert film

class="wikitable"

|+ Editor

Year

! Film

! Director

! Notes

1972

| Liza with a Z

|Bob Fosse

|Concert film

Awards and nominations

2012 - CameraImage Special Award - Lifetime Achievement award "Editor with Unique Visual Sensitivity"
2010 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television" - Grey Gardens (2009) (Shared with editor Lee Percy)
2009 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie" -
Grey Gardens (2009) (shared with editor Lee Percy)
2000 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television" - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1981 - BAFTA Award winner - "Best Editing" - All That Jazz
1980 - Academy Award winner - "Best Film Editing" - All That Jazz
1980 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner "Best Edited Feature Film" - All That Jazz
1979 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee - "Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series" - Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, and Brian Smedley-Aston)
1978 - BAFTA Award nomination - "Best Film Editing" - Network
1978 - Primetime Emmy Winner - "Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, and Brian Smedley-Aston)
1977 - Academy Award nomination "Best Film Editing" - Network
1977 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee "Best Edited Feature Film" - Network
1973 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special or Feature Length Program of a Series" Liza with a Z (1972)