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Robert Estrin

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Robert Estrin
BornMarch 3, 1942
Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
OccupationFilm editor

Robert L. Estrin (born 3 March 1942 in Lakewood, New Jersey) is an American film editor.

Career

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Estrin started his career in the 1970s. His first work was a documentary feature about the photographer Imogen Cunningham. Later he also edited feature films such as The Candidate (1972), Badlands (1973) and Memory of Us (1974). His last work was the cut of the 1995 comedy film The Perez Family.

Estrin's sister Sandra Adair also works as a film editor.[1]

Selected filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director
1972 The Candidate Michael Ritchie
1973 Badlands Terrence Malick
1976 Pipe Dreams Stephen Verona
1978 Mirrors Noel Black
1983 Breathless Jim McBride
1985 Desert Hearts Donna Deitch
1988 Colors Dennis Hopper
1990 Internal Affairs Mike Figgis
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez Peter Sellars
1992 A River Runs Through It Robert Redford
1995 The Perez Family Mira Nair
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1974 Memory of Us H. Kaye Dyal Supervising editor
1988 Colors Dennis Hopper
Music department
Year Film Director Role
1985 Desert Hearts Donna Deitch Music consultant
Producer
Year Film Director Credit Notes
1978 The Boss' Son Bobby Roth Executive producer First collaboration with Bobby Roth
Thanks
Year Film Director Role Notes
1984 Heartbreakers Bobby Roth Thanks Second collaboration with Bobby Roth
Documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director
1970 Imogen Cunningham, Photographer John Korty
1971 Brazil: A Report on Torture
The Numbers Start with the River Donald Wrye
1986 What Happened to Kerouac?
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1970 Imogen Cunningham, Photographer John Korty Assistant editor
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2017 The Secret Life of Lance Letscher Sandra Adair Co-producer
2020 The Boys Who Said No! Judith Ehrlich Executive producer
2024 Her Name Was Moviola Howard Berry Associate producer
TV documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director
1970 It Couldn't Be Done
  • Sheldon Fay Jr.
  • Walt deFaria
The Unexplained
1985 Creation of the Universe
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1982 Help Wanted Stephen Gyllenhaal
1986 Maricela Christine Burrill
1987 Young Harry Houdini James Orr
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1982 CBS Afternoon Playhouse 1 episode
1987 The Disney Sunday Movie
TV shorts
Editor
Year Film Director
1976 Almos' a Man Stan Lathan

Awards

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For his cut of the documentary film Creation of the Universe Estrin was nominated for an Eddie Award of American Cinema Editors in 1985.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Carlsbad native nominated for Academy Award for film editing of "Boyhood" Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, currentargus.com, access date 19 January 2015
  2. ^ Robert L. Estrin., editorsguild.com, access date 19 January 2015
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