Robert Q. Lovett

{{Short description|American film editor (c.1927–2022)}}

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| birth_date = {{circa|1927}}

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| death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|08|18|95}}

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| occupation = Film editor

| yearsactive = 1963–2006

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Robert Quincy Lovett ({{circa}} 1927 – August 18, 2022) was an American film editor who was nominated at the 57th Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Editing for his work on The Cotton Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=April 18, 2014|work=oscars.org}} He also participated in the Festival De Cannes for A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro in 2011. He worked on over 30 films and TV shows from 1963 to 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5E689A0B-177A-4F3D-974E-A58D4BEC9A4F/year/2011.html |title=Festival De Cannes |accessdate= June 4, 2015|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Lovett died on August 18, 2022, at the age of 95.{{cite web |title=Robert Lovett |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/robert-lovett-obituary?n=robert-lovett&pid=202623804 |website=Legacy |access-date=22 August 2022}}

Filmography

= Editing =

== Film ==

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!Year

!Title

!Notes

1963

|Violent Midnight

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1970

|End of the Road

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1970

|Cotton Comes to Harlem

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1971

|One of Those Things

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1971

|Desperate Characters

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1974

|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

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1976

|The Next Man

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1978

|Once in Paris...

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1980

|Running Scared

|Also second unit director

1981

|Just Before Dawn

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1982

|Hammett

|Also music editor

1983

|The Golden Seal

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1984

|The Cotton Club

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1993

|A Bronx Tale

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2006

|Vanaja

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== Television ==

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!Year

!Title

!Notes

1976–1977

|Kojak

|3 episodes

1979

|The Fantastic Seven

|Television film

1985–1987

|The Equalizer

|27 episodes

1987

|Kojak: The Price of Justice

| rowspan="4" |Television film

1989

|Kojak: Ariana

1990

|Kojak: None So Blind

1991

|The Last Prostitute

1995–1996

|Central Park West

| rowspan="2" |3 episodes

1997–1998

|Dellaventura

References

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