Person
George Amy
Editing · 1903–1986 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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
Footlight Parade
Editor
Doctor X
Editor
The Unsuspected
Second Unit Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Editor
This Is the Army
Editor
The Letter
Editor
The Sea Hawk
Editor
Wonder Bar
Editor
Santa Fe Trail
Editor
The Sea Wolf
Editor
Filmography
- 1955The Unlighted RoadSupervising Editor
- 1954She Couldn't Say NoEditor
- 1953A Lion Is in the StreetsEditor
- 1953Affair with a StrangerEditor
- 1952Clash by NightEditor
- 1952The Lady Says NoEditor
- 1951The Blue VeilEditor
- 1951Queen for a DayEditor
- 1950The Sound of FuryEditor
- 1949My Dream Is YoursAssociate Producer
- 1948Romance on the High SeasAssociate Producer
- 1947The UnsuspectedSecond Unit Director
- 1947Life with FatherEditor
- 1946Cinderella JonesEditor
- 1946Three StrangersEditor
- 1945Objective, Burma!Editor
- 1944Uncertain GloryEditor
- 1943This Is the ArmyEditor
- 1943Action in the North AtlanticEditor
- 1943Air ForceEditor
- 1942Yankee Doodle DandyEditor
- 1942Captains of the CloudsEditor
- 1941Dive BomberEditor
- 1941The Sea WolfEditor
- 1940Santa Fe TrailEditor
- 1940The LetterEditor
- 1940Matty Malneck And His OrchestraEditor
- 1940The Sea HawkEditor
- 1940Gambling on the High SeasDirector
- 1940Virginia CityEditor
- 1940Granny Get Your GunDirector
- 1939The Royal RodeoDirector
- 1939Kid NightingaleDirector
- 1939Ride, Cowboy, RideDirector
- 1939The Old MaidEditor
- 1939Dodge CityEditor
- 1939Wings of the NavyEditor
- 1938Gold Diggers in ParisEditor
- 1938Hollywood HotelEditor
- 1937Kid GalahadEditor
- 1937Mountain JusticeEditor
- 1936The Charge of the Light BrigadeEditor
- 1935Captain BloodEditor
- 1935Broadway GondolierEditor
- 19346 Day Bike RiderEditor
- 1934Here Comes the NavyEditor
- 1934He Was Her ManEditor
- 1934Wonder BarEditor
- 1933Lady KillerEditor
- 1933Footlight ParadeEditor
- 1933She Had to Say YesDirector
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933Editor
- 1933Mystery of the Wax MuseumEditor
- 193220,000 Years in Sing SingEditor
- 1932The Cabin in the CottonEditor
- 1932Doctor XEditor
- 1932The MouthpieceEditor
- 1931The Ruling VoiceEditor
- 1930Those Who DanceEditor
- 1928The Wright IdeaEditor
- 1926Rainbow RileyEditor
- 1925The Live WireEditor
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