George Bowers (filmmaker)

{{short description|American film director and editor}}

{{about|the film director and editor|the politician|George M. Bowers}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1944|04|20}}

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

|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|08|18|1944|04|20}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/george-bowers-editor-of-penny-marshall-pics-dies-1118059321/ |title=George Bowers, editor of Penny Marshall pics, dies |work=Variety |date=September 16, 2012 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Film director, editor, producer

|spouse = Irene Brun (1969–2012)

|years_active = 1968–2012

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George Bowers (April 20, 1944 – August 18, 2012) was an American film director, editor and producer. He had nearly thirty credits as a feature-film editor in a career spanning nearly forty years.

Bowers was born in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from high school, he began his editing career under the tutelage of Hugh Robertson, who is noted as one of the first African-Americans to gain membership in the Motion Picture Editors Guild. He started working as an assistant editor at ABC directly out of high school, and after military service he worked for Robertson's company Byro Productions. His first feature-film credit as editor was for the television movie ...And Beautiful II (1970).

As an editor, Bowers's feature-film credits span the years from 1970 to his last film in 2008. He worked extensively with directors Joseph Ruben and Penny Marshall, including A League of Their Own (Marshall–1992) and The Stepfather (Ruben–1987).{{cite news |title=George Bowers, Film Editor for Penny Marshall, Dies at 68 |date=September 13, 2012 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-bowers-film-editor-penny-marshall370152}} Bowers mentored younger editors including Sam Pollard, who has edited several of director Spike Lee's films.{{cite news |first=Tambay A. |last=Obenson |date=September 13, 2012 |title=African American Editor George Bowers Dies At 68 ('Harlem Nights,' 'A League Of Their Own,' More…) |work=IndieWire |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2012/09/african-american-editor-george-bowers-dies-at-68-harlem-nights-a-league-of-their-own-more-141925/}}{{cite news |title=The Avid Excellence in Editing Award: Sam Pollard |first=Tracie |last=Lewis |date=March 20, 2009 |work=Documentary Magazine |url=https://www.documentary.org/feature/avid-excellence-editing-award-sam-pollard |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101152555/https://www.documentary.org/feature/avid-excellence-editing-award-sam-pollard |archivedate=2015-11-01 |url-status=live |publisher=International Documentary Association}}

As a director, Bowers films include Private Resort (1985) with Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow, and My Tutor (1983) with Crispin Glover.

Bowers died from complications related to heart surgery on August 18, 2012, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California; he was 68 years old. Bowers had been selected as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and of the American Cinema Editors.

Filmography (as editor)

Filmography based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database.{{IMDb name|0101055|George Bowers}}

Filmography as director

  • Private Resort (1985)
  • My Tutor (1983)
  • Body and Soul (1981)
  • The Hearse (1980){{cite news | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E5D61638F934A35755C0A966948260 | title='The Hearse' is Ghoulish Concoction |last=Maslin |first=Janet | authorlink=Janet Maslin |work=The New York Times | accessdate=May 4, 2011 | date=June 7, 1980}}
  • Dukes of Hazzard (1979) – unknown episodes
  • Vegetable Soup (1976) – unknown episodes

References

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