Stephen A. Rotter

{{Short description|American film editor}}

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Stephen A. Rotter is a film editor who won at the 56th Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Editing. He was one of the five film editors to win for the film The Right Stuff. He shared it with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf and Douglas Stewart.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |title=The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=April 4, 2014|work=oscars.org}}

He has worked on over 30 films as an editor.

In addition, Rotter has also won an Emmy for the mini-series Holocaust. Which he shared with Alan Heim, Craig McKay, Robert M. Reitano and Brian Smedley-Aston.

Selected filmography

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|+ Editor

Year

! Film

! Director

! Notes

1973

| The Seven-Ups

|Philip D'Antoni

|

1975

| Night Moves

|rowspan=2| Arthur Penn

|Fourth collaboration with Arthur Penn

1976

| The Missouri Breaks

|Fifth collaboration with Arthur Penn

1982

| The World According to Garp

|George Roy Hill

|Second collaboration with George Roy Hill

1983

| The Right Stuff

|Philip Kaufman

|First collaboration with Philip Kaufman

rowspan=2| 1985

| Heaven Help Us

|Michael Dinner

|

Target

|Arthur Penn

|Sixth collaboration with Arthur Penn

1987

| Ishtar

|Elaine May

|

1988

| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

|Frank Oz

|

1989

| An Innocent Man

|Peter Yates

|

1990

| My Blue Heaven

|rowspan=2| Herbert Ross

|First collaboration with Herbert Ross

1991

| True Colors

|Second collaboration with Herbert Ross

1992

| Prelude to a Kiss

|Norman René

|

1993

| Rising Sun

|Philip Kaufman

|Second collaboration with Philip Kaufman

1994

| Cops & Robbersons

|Michael Ritchie

|

1995

| Father of the Bride Part II

|Charles Shyer

|

1996

| The Preacher's Wife

|Penny Marshall

|

1998

| The Parent Trap

|Nancy Meyers

|First collaboration with Nancy Meyers

rowspan=2| 2000

| Down to You

|Kris Isacsson

|

What Women Want

|Nancy Meyers

|Second collaboration with Nancy Meyers

2001

| America's Sweethearts

|Joe Roth

|

2003

| Head of State

|Chris Rock

|

2005

| Yours, Mine & Ours

|Raja Gosnell

|

2007

| Enchanted

|Kevin Lima

|

2011

| A Little Bit of Heaven

|Nicole Kassell

|

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|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

! Notes

1969

| Alice's Restaurant

|rowspan=2| Arthur Penn

|rowspan=2| Assistant editor

|First collaboration with Arthur Penn

1970

| Little Big Man

|Second collaboration with Arthur Penn

1972

| Slaughterhouse-Five

|George Roy Hill

|Assistant film editor

|First collaboration with George Roy Hill

1994

| Baby's Day Out

|Patrick Read Johnson

|rowspan=2| Additional editor

|

1997

| Flubber

|Les Mayfield

|

2003

| Something's Gotta Give

|Nancy Meyers

|Additional film editor

|Third collaboration with Nancy Meyers

2006

| The Ex

|Jesse Peretz

|Additional editor

|

2008

| Nim's Island

|{{ubl|Jennifer Flackett|Mark Levin}}

|Additional film editor

|

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|+ Sound department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1975

| Dog Day Afternoon

|Sidney Lumet

|Sound editor

Documentaries

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|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

! Notes

1973

| Visions of Eight

|{{ubl|Miloš Forman|Claude Lelouch|Yuri Ozerov|Mai Zetterling|Kon Ichikawa|John Schlesinger|Arthur Penn|Michael Pfleghar}}

|Assistant editor

|Third collaboration with Arthur Penn

TV movies

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|+ Editor

Year

! Film

! Director

rowspan=2| 1977

| Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

|Gilbert Cates

The Deadliest Season

|Robert Markowitz

rowspan=2| 1978

| Holocaust

|Marvin J. Chomsky

Siege

|Richard Pearce

1981

| Skokie

|Herbert Wise

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|+ Editorial department

Year

! Film

! Director

! Role

1978

| Holocaust

|Marvin J. Chomsky

|Supervising editor

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|+ Producer

Year

! Film

! Director

! Credit

1979

| Hollow Image

|Marvin J. Chomsky

|Producer

rowspan=4| 1980

| Doctor Franken

|{{ubl|Marvin J. Chomsky|Jeff Lieberman}}

|rowspan=3| Associate producer

Death Penalty

|rowspan=2| Waris Hussein

The Henderson Monster
King Crab

|Marvin J. Chomsky

|Producer

TV series

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|+ Editor

Year

! Title

! Notes

1975

| The American Parade

|1 episode

1978

| Holocaust

|3 episodes

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|+ Editorial department

Year

! Title

! Role

1978

| Holocaust

|Supervising editor

References

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