George Amy

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-10-15 (83 years old)

Deathday

1986-12-18

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

George Amy

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...

Production

1940

1955

The Unlighted Road

as Supervising Editor

1942

1932

Doctor X

as Editor

1952

1941

The Sea Wolf

as Editor

1946

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Editor

1933

1933

Lady Killer

as Editor

1943

Air Force

as Editor

1940

The Letter

as Editor

1937

Kid Galahad

as Editor

1951

1934

1939

The Royal Rodeo

as Director

1938

1939

Kid Nightingale

as Director

1940

1934

1946

1940

Virginia City

as Editor

1943

1941

Dive Bomber

as Editor

1930

1933

1935

Captain Blood

as Editor

1939

The Old Maid

as Editor

1932

1939

Dodge City

as Editor

1954

1947

1949

My Dream Is Yours

as Associate Producer

1944

1939

1933

1939

1934

1952

1931

1935

1945

1950

1925

The Live Wire

as Editor

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as Associate Producer

1951

The Blue Veil

as Editor

1934

Wonder Bar

as Editor

1928

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