Editor
17 June 1937 to 5 August 2023
An American film editor, who won two Oscars for Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump (1994) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), which were also BAFTA nominated alongside Back to the Future (1985). Arthur Schmidt worked with Zemeckis on 10 films, including all three Back to the Future films (1985-1990), Cast Away (2000) and Death Becomes Her (1992). Other notable work included Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), Ruthless People (1986), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Rocketeer (1991), The Birdcage (1996) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
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