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
- The Unsuspected ... (Second Unit Director)
- Life with Father ... (Editor)
1946
- Three Strangers ... (Editor)
- Cinderella Jones ... (Editor)
1945
- Objective, Burma! ... (Editor)
1944
- Uncertain Glory ... (Editor)
1943
- This Is the Army ... (Editor)
- Air Force ... (Editor)
- Action in the North Atlantic ... (Editor)
1942
- Yankee Doodle Dandy ... (Editor)
- Captains of the Clouds ... (Editor)
1941
- The Sea Wolf ... (Editor)
- Dive Bomber ... (Editor)
1940
- The Letter ... (Editor)
- Santa Fe Trail ... (Editor)
- The Sea Hawk ... (Editor)
- Granny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- Virginia City ... (Editor)
- Gambling on the High Seas ... (Director)
- Matty Malneck And His Orchestra ... (Director)
1939
- Dodge City ... (Editor)
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride ... (Director)
- The Old Maid ... (Editor)
- Wings of the Navy ... (Editor)
- 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)
- 6 Day Bike Rider ... (Editor)
- He Was Her Man ... (Editor)
- Here Comes the Navy ... (Editor)
1933
- Footlight Parade ... (Editor)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 ... (Editor)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum ... (Editor)
- Lady Killer ... (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)