
Person
Michael Luciano
Editing · 1909–1992 · Mcadoo, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Michael Luciano (May 2, 1909 – September 15, 1992) was an American film and television editor with about forty feature film credits and many additional credits for television programs. From 1954 to 1977, Luciano edited 20 (nearly all) of the films directed, and often produced, by Robert Aldrich. Aldrich was a prolific and independent maker of popular films "who depicted corruption and evil unflinchingly, and pushed limits on violence throughout his career." Their early collaboration, the film noir Kiss Me Deadly (1955), was entered into the US National Film Registry in 1999; the unusual editing of the film has been noted by several critics. Luciano's work with Aldrich was recognized by four Academy Award nominations, for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974).
Known for

Bewitched
Editor

The Dirty Dozen
Editor

The Longest Yard
Editor

Stripes
Editor

The Flight of the Phoenix
Editor

Empire of the Ants
Editor

Taps
Additional Editor

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Editor

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Editor

Emperor of the North
Editor
Filmography
- 1981TapsAdditional Editor
- 1981StripesEditor
- 1980Hardly WorkingEditor
- 1979Gold of the Amazon WomenEditor
- 1977Empire of the AntsEditor
- 1977Twilight's Last GleamingEditor
- 1976Bobbie Jo and the OutlawEditor
- 1975HustleEditor
- 1974The Longest YardEditor
- 1973Emperor of the NorthEditor
- 1972Ulzana's RaidEditor
- 1971The Grissom GangEditor
- 1970Too Late the HeroEditor
- 1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeEditor
- 1968The Legend of Lylah ClareEditor
- 1967The Dirty DozenEditor
- 1965The Flight of the PhoenixEditor
- 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteEditor
- 1964BewitchedEditor
- 19634 for TexasEditor
- 1963Black ZooEditor
- 1962What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Editor
- 1961The Last SunsetEditor
- 1961AtlasEditor
- 1959The Wonderful CountryEditor
- 1958Blood ArrowEditor
- 1957The Unknown TerrorEditor
- 1957The Ride BackEditor
- 1957The Halliday BrandEditor
- 1956AttackEditor
- 1956Autumn LeavesEditor
- 1955The Big KnifeEditor
- 1955Kiss Me DeadlyEditor
- 1954World for RansomEditor
- 1951Stop That CabEditor
- 1949CaughtOther
- 1947The Return of Rin Tin TinEditor
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