Richard C. Meyer
{{Short description|American screenwriter (1920–1985)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name=Richard C. Meyer
|birth_date={{Birth date|1920|4|5}}
|birth_place=Frankfurt, Weimar Republic
|death_date={{Death date and age|1985|7|19|1920|4|5}}{{cite web | title=Richard C. Meyer | url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa5de347 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326094411/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa5de347 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 26, 2019 | publisher=BFI.org | accessdate=27 June 2017}}
|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|nationality=American
|alma_mater=
|occupation=Film editor, writer and producer
}}
Richard C. Meyer (April 5, 1920 – July 19, 1985) was a German-American television and film editor and occasional film writer and film producer. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing for the miniseries King (1978). He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1970, which he shared with John C. Howard.
Meyer worked as a film editor for such films as Waterloo, Capone and Three in the Attic.
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1955
| |
| rowspan=2| 1956
| |
| The Wild Party
| |
| rowspan=6| 1957
| |
| Men in War
|First collaboration with Anthony Mann |
| Hot Rod Rumble
| |
| Reform School Girl
|First collaboration with Edward Bernds |
| Undersea Girl
|John Peyser | |
| Motorcycle Gang
| |
| rowspan=2| 1958
|Anthony Mann |Second collaboration with Anthony Mann |
| Anna Lucasta
| |
| rowspan=3| 1959
| |
| Return of the Fly
|Edward Bernds |Third collaboration with Edward Bernds |
| Happy Anniversary
| |
| 1960
| |
| 1963
| |
| 1968
| |
| rowspan=2| 1969
| Winning | |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
| |
| 1970
| Waterloo | |
| 1975
| Capone | |
| 1976
| Albino | |
| rowspan=3| 1982
|rowspan=2| Michael Miller |First collaboration with Michael Miller |
| Class Reunion
|Second collaboration with Michael Miller |
| Jimmy the Kid
| |
| 1985
| |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1959
|Edward Bernds |rowspan=2| Supervising editor |Second collaboration with Edward Bernds |
| 1972
| Z.P.G. | |
| 1975
|Assistant editor: United States | |
| 1979
| Pacific Inferno |Rolf Bayer |rowspan=3| Editorial supervisor | |
| rowspan=2| 1980
| Getting Wasted |Paul Frizler | |
| The Unseen
| |
| 1987
| Emanon |Stuart Paul |Supervising editor | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Additional crew |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1975
|rowspan=2| Creative consultant |
| 1976 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Producer |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Credit |
|---|
| 1964
| Pyro... The Thing Without a Face |Producer |
| 1970
| Waterloo |Sergei Bondarchuk |Associate executive |
;Documentaries
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1967
| Teenage Rebellion |{{ubl|Norman T. Herman|Jörn Donner|Jean Herman|Walt Sheldon|Eriprando Visconti}} |Supervising editor |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Producer |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Credit |
|---|
| 1967
| Teenage Rebellion |{{ubl|Norman T. Herman|Jörn Donner|Jean Herman|Walt Sheldon|Eriprando Visconti}} |Associate producer |
;TV movies
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| 1966
|James Goldstone |
| 1974
| The Girl on the Late, Late Show |Gary Nelson |
| rowspan=2| 1978
| King |
| My Husband Is Missing |
| 1979
| Sex and the Single Parent |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Production manager |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1979
| The Darker Side of Terror |Post-production supervisor |
;TV series
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1951
|1 episode |
| 1953−55
|7 episodes |
| 1960
|3 episodes |
| 1965
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army |1 episode |
| 1966−67
|10 episodes |
| 1967
|rowspan=4| 1 episode |
| 1968 |
| rowspan=2| 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Protectors |
| 1973−74
|5 episodes |
| 1978
| King |3 episodes |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1960
|Supervising editor |5 episodes |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Writer |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1966
|rowspan=2| 1 episode |
| 1979 |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0583326}}
{{Authority control}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Editing 1985–2009}}
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Category:20th-century American screenwriters
Category:American film editors
Category:American people of German descent
Category:Best Editing BAFTA Award winners
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