American film editor
Robert Estrin
Born March 3, 1942Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Film editor
Robert L. Estrin (born 3 March 1942 in Lakewood, New Jersey ) is an American film editor .
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 [ edit ]
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
Editorial department
Year
Film
Director
Role
1970
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
John Korty
Assistant editor
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
TV series
TV shorts
Editor
Year
Film
Director
1976
Almos' a Man
Stan Lathan
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]