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
- A Lion Is in the Streets ... (Editor)
- Affair with a Stranger ... (Editor)
1952
- The Lady Says No ... (Editor)
- Clash by Night ... (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)
1946
- Cinderella Jones ... (Editor)
- Three Strangers ... (Editor)
1945
- Objective, Burma! ... (Editor)
1944
- Uncertain Glory ... (Editor)
1943
- Air Force ... (Editor)
- Action in the North Atlantic ... (Editor)
- This Is the Army ... (Editor)
1942
- Yankee Doodle Dandy ... (Editor)
- Captains of the Clouds ... (Editor)
1941
- Dive Bomber ... (Editor)
- The Sea Wolf ... (Editor)
1940
- Virginia City ... (Editor)
- The Letter ... (Editor)
- The Sea Hawk ... (Editor)
- Matty Malneck And His Orchestra ... (Editor)
- Gambling on the High Seas ... (Director)
- Granny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- Santa Fe Trail ... (Editor)
1939
- Dodge City ... (Editor)
- Kid Nightingale ... (Director)
- The Old Maid ... (Editor)
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride ... (Director)
- Wings of the Navy ... (Editor)
- The Royal Rodeo ... (Director)
1938
- Hollywood Hotel ... (Editor)
- Gold Diggers in Paris ... (Editor)
1937
- Kid Galahad ... (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
- Lady Killer ... (Editor)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum ... (Editor)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 ... (Editor)
- Footlight Parade ... (Editor)
- She Had to Say Yes ... (Director)
1932
- Doctor X ... (Editor)
- The Cabin in the Cotton ... (Editor)
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing ... (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)