George Amy
Born: 1903-10-15 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1986-12-18
Known For: Editing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace. He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force (1943). He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features (including She Had to Say Yes) on his own for Warners, they didn't meet with much success. In the 1950s he turned to editing and directing for television.
Filmography
1955
- The Unlighted Road ... (Supervising Editor)
1954
- She Couldn't Say No ... (Editor)
1953
- Affair with a Stranger ... (Editor)
- A Lion Is in the Streets ... (Editor)
1952
- Clash by Night ... (Editor)
- The Lady Says No ... (Editor)
1951
- The Blue Veil ... (Editor)
- Queen for a Day ... (Editor)
1950
- The Sound of Fury ... (Editor)
1949
- My Dream Is Yours ... (Associate Producer)
1948
- Romance on the High Seas ... (Associate Producer)
1947
- Life with Father ... (Editor)
- The Unsuspected ... (Second Unit Director)
1946
- Three Strangers ... (Editor)
- Cinderella Jones ... (Editor)
1945
- Objective, Burma! ... (Editor)
1944
- Uncertain Glory ... (Editor)
1943
- Action in the North Atlantic ... (Editor)
- This Is the Army ... (Editor)
- Air Force ... (Editor)
1942
- Yankee Doodle Dandy ... (Editor)
- Captains of the Clouds ... (Editor)
1941
- The Sea Wolf ... (Editor)
- Dive Bomber ... (Editor)
1940
- The Sea Hawk ... (Editor)
- Santa Fe Trail ... (Editor)
- The Letter ... (Editor)
- Granny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- Virginia City ... (Editor)
- Gambling on the High Seas ... (Director)
- Matty Malneck And His Orchestra ... (Editor)
1939
- Dodge City ... (Editor)
- The Old Maid ... (Editor)
- Wings of the Navy ... (Editor)
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride ... (Director)
- Kid Nightingale ... (Director)
- The Royal Rodeo ... (Director)
1938
- Hollywood Hotel ... (Editor)
- Gold Diggers in Paris ... (Editor)
1937
- Kid Galahad ... (Editor)
- Mountain Justice ... (Editor)
1936
- The Charge of the Light Brigade ... (Editor)
1935
- Captain Blood ... (Editor)
- Broadway Gondolier ... (Editor)
1934
- Wonder Bar ... (Editor)
- Here Comes the Navy ... (Editor)
- He Was Her Man ... (Editor)
- 6 Day Bike Rider ... (Editor)
1933
- Gold Diggers of 1933 ... (Editor)
- Footlight Parade ... (Editor)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum ... (Editor)
- Lady Killer ... (Editor)
- She Had to Say Yes ... (Director)
1932
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing ... (Editor)
- Doctor X ... (Editor)
- The Cabin in the Cotton ... (Editor)
- The Mouthpiece ... (Editor)
1931
- The Ruling Voice ... (Editor)
1930
- Those Who Dance ... (Editor)
1928
- The Wright Idea ... (Editor)
1926
- Rainbow Riley ... (Editor)
1925
- The Live Wire ... (Editor)