Marion Rothman | |
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Born | July 3, 1928 |
Died | May 17, 2013 | (aged 84)
Occupation | Film editor |
Marion Rothman was an American film editor active from the 1960s through the 1990s.[1] She is best known for her work on two 1970s Planet of the Apes movies, as well as Mystic Pizza and Christine.[2] She also had a screenwriting credit on the 1960 film The Wild Ride. Her first known assignment was assisting with the cutting of 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank. She served as a mentor for editor Virginia Katz in Los Angeles.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]As editor:
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
- Opportunity Knocks (1990)
- Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Club Paradise (1986)[4]
- Starman (1984)
- Christine (1983)[5]
- All Night Long (1981)
- Starting Over (1979)
- Comes a Horseman (1978)
- Orca (1977)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
- Baby Blue Marine (1976)
- Lipstick (1976)[6]
- Funny Lady (1975)
- Ash Wednesday (1973)
- Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
- Billy Jack (1971)[7]
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)[8]
- Che! (1969)
- The Boston Strangler (1968)
As writer:
- The Wild Ride (1960)
References
[edit]- ^ "Top Directors Reveal How Female Film Editors Shaped Their Movies". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Gregory, Mollie (2003). Women Who Run the Show: How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312316341.
- ^ Chang, Justin (2012-01-16). FilmCraft: Editing. Octopus Books. ISBN 9781908150684.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE AT THIS PARTICULAR 'CLUB'". Los Angeles Times. 1986-07-11. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2015-09-15). The Films of John Carpenter. McFarland. ISBN 9780786493487.
- ^ "Lipstick". Variety. 1976-01-01. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "4 May 1994, Page 24 - The Age at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Greene, Eric (1996). Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series. McFarland. ISBN 9780786400874.