George Amy
Editing
- Born
- October 15, 1903 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 18, 1986 (age 83)
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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.
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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.
Known for
Captain Blood
December 26, 1935
The Letter
November 21, 1940
Yankee Doodle Dandy
May 29, 1942
Gold Diggers of 1933
May 27, 1933
The Sea Hawk
August 10, 1940
Mystery of the Wax Museum
February 18, 1933
Clash by Night
May 30, 1952
Dodge City
April 8, 1939
Footlight Parade
October 21, 1933
Objective, Burma!
February 17, 1945
Doctor X
August 3, 1932
The Charge of the Light Brigade
October 20, 1936
Behind the camera62
- 1955The Unlighted Road Supervising Editor
- 1954She Couldn't Say No Editor
- 1953A Lion Is in the Streets Editor
- 1953Affair with a Stranger Editor
- 1952Clash by Night Editor
- 1952The Lady Says No Editor
- 1951The Blue Veil Editor
- 1951Queen for a Day Editor
- 1950The Sound of Fury Editor
- 1949My Dream Is Yours Associate Producer