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 |
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1973
| |
1975
|rowspan=2| Arthur Penn |Fourth collaboration with Arthur Penn |
1976
|Fifth collaboration with Arthur Penn |
1982
|Second collaboration with George Roy Hill |
1983
|First collaboration with Philip Kaufman |
rowspan=2| 1985
| |
Target
|Arthur Penn |Sixth collaboration with Arthur Penn |
1987
| Ishtar | |
1988
| |
1989
| |
1990
|rowspan=2| Herbert Ross |First collaboration with Herbert Ross |
1991
|Second collaboration with Herbert Ross |
1992
| |
1993
|Philip Kaufman |Second collaboration with Philip Kaufman |
1994
| |
1995
| |
1996
| |
1998
|First collaboration with Nancy Meyers |
rowspan=2| 2000
|Kris Isacsson | |
What Women Want
|Nancy Meyers |Second collaboration with Nancy Meyers |
2001
| |
2003
| |
2005
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2007
| |
2011
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|+ Editorial department |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
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1969
|rowspan=2| Arthur Penn |rowspan=2| Assistant editor |First collaboration with Arthur Penn |
1970
|Second collaboration with Arthur Penn |
1972
|George Roy Hill |Assistant film editor |First collaboration with George Roy Hill |
1994
|rowspan=2| Additional editor | |
1997
| Flubber | |
2003
|Nancy Meyers |Additional film editor |Third collaboration with Nancy Meyers |
2006
| The Ex |Additional editor | |
2008
|{{ubl|Jennifer Flackett|Mark Levin}} |Additional film editor | |
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|+ Sound department |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
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1975
|Sound editor |
Documentaries
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|+ Editorial department |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
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1973
|{{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 |
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rowspan=2| 1977 |
The Deadliest Season |
rowspan=2| 1978 |
Siege |
1981
| Skokie |
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|+ Editorial department |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
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1978
|Marvin J. Chomsky |Supervising editor |
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|+ Producer |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Credit |
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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 |
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1975
| The American Parade |1 episode |
1978
|3 episodes |
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|+ Editorial department |
Year
! Title ! Role |
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1978
|Supervising editor |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0745450|name=Stephen A. Rotter}}
{{Academy Award Best Film Editing|state=collapsed}}
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Category:American film editors
Category:Best Film Editing Academy Award winners
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
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