Otto Meyer (film editor)
Otto Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 12, 1901 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | April 18, 1980 California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Otto Meyer (1901–1980) was an American film editor.
Meyer was born in San Francisco, began working as a film editor in 1931, and edited about 80 films and television shows through the 1960s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing twice, once for Theodora Goes Wild in 1936,[1] and The Talk of the Town in 1942.[2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Branded | D. Ross Lederman | First collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |
| Border Law | Louis King | |||
| The One Way Trail | Ray Taylor | |||
| The Fighting Marshal | D. Ross Lederman | Second collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| 1932 | The Fighting Fool | Lambert Hillyer | First collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | |
| Texas Cyclone | D. Ross Lederman | Third collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| The Riding Tornado | Fourth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Two-Fisted Law | Fifth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Daring Danger | Sixth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Cornered | B. Reeves Eason | |||
| Fighting for Justice | Otto Brower | First collaboration with Otto Brower | ||
| The Western Code | John P. McCarthy | |||
| End of the Trail | D. Ross Lederman | Seventh collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| 1933 | Man of Action | George Melford | ||
| Treason | George B. Seitz | |||
| Silent Men | D. Ross Lederman | Eighth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| The Whirlwind | Ninth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Damaged Lives | Edgar G. Ulmer | |||
| Rusty Rides Alone | D. Ross Lederman | Tenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| Police Car 17 | Lambert Hillyer | Second collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| Hold the Press | Phil Rosen | |||
| Before Midnight | Lambert Hillyer | Third collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| Straightaway | Otto Brower | Second collaboration with Otto Brower | ||
| 1934 | The Crime of Helen Stanley | D. Ross Lederman | Eleventh collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |
| Hell Bent for Love | Twelfth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| A Man's Game | Thirteenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Beyond the Law | Fourteenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Girl in Danger | Fifteenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |||
| Against the Law | Lambert Hillyer | Fourth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| White Lies | Leo Bulgakov | First collaboration with Leo Bulgakov | ||
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins | Erle C. Kenton | First collaboration with Erle C. Kenton | |
| In Spite of Danger | Lambert Hillyer | Fifth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| After the Dance | Leo Bulgakov | Second collaboration with Leo Bulgakov | ||
| Escape from Devil's Island | Albert S. Rogell | First collaboration with Albert S. Rogell | ||
| Super-Speed | Lambert Hillyer | Sixth collaboration with Lambert Hillyer | ||
| 1936 | Hell-Ship Morgan | D. Ross Lederman | Sixteenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | |
| Roaming Lady | Albert S. Rogell | Second collaboration with Albert S. Rogell | ||
| Meet Nero Wolfe | Herbert Biberman | |||
| Adventure in Manhattan | Edward Ludwig | |||
| Theodora Goes Wild | Richard Boleslawski | |||
| 1937 | Women of Glamour | Gordon Wiles | ||
| Racketeers in Exile | Erle C. Kenton | Second collaboration with Erle C. Kenton | ||
| The Frame-Up | D. Ross Lederman | Seventeenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| It Happened in Hollywood | Harry Lachman | First collaboration with Harry Lachman | Uncredited
| |
| Counsel for Crime | John Brahm | First collaboration with John Brahm | ||
| I'll Take Romance | Edward H. Griffith | |||
| 1938 | No Time to Marry | Harry Lachman | Second collaboration with Harry Lachman | |
| The Lone Wolf in Paris | Albert S. Rogell | Third collaboration with Albert S. Rogell | ||
| Holiday | George Cukor | |||
| Girls' School | John Brahm | Second collaboration with John Brahm | ||
| Adventure in Sahara | D. Ross Lederman | Eighteenth collaboration with D. Ross Lederman | ||
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Peter Godfrey | ||
| The Lady and the Mob | Benjamin Stoloff | Second collaboration with Benjamin Stoloff | ||
| Blind Alley | Charles Vidor | First collaboration with Charles Vidor | ||
| Golden Boy | Rouben Mamoulian | |||
| The Taming of the West | Norman Deming | |||
| Blondie Brings Up Baby | Frank R. Strayer | First collaboration with Frank R. Strayer | ||
| 1940 | Music in My Heart | Joseph Santley | ||
| Too Many Husbands | Wesley Ruggles | First collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | ||
| Arizona | Second collaboration with Wesley Ruggles | |||
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | George Stevens | First collaboration with George Stevens | |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Sidney Lanfield | |||
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Frank R. Strayer | Second collaboration with Frank R. Strayer | |
| The Talk of the Town | George Stevens | Second collaboration with George Stevens | ||
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | Gregory Ratoff | First collaboration with Gregory Ratoff | |
| The More the Merrier | George Stevens | Third collaboration with George Stevens | ||
| My Kingdom for a Cook | Richard Wallace | |||
| The Heat's On | Gregory Ratoff | Second collaboration with Gregory Ratoff | ||
| 1944 | Nine Girls | Leigh Jason | ||
| The Black Parachute | Lew Landers | |||
| Louisiana Hayride | Charles Barton | |||
| Ever Since Venus | Arthur Dreifuss | |||
| Together Again | Charles Vidor | Second collaboration with Charles Vidor | ||
| 1945 | A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Budd Boetticher | ||
| Over 21 | Charles Vidor | Third collaboration with Charles Vidor | ||
| Song of the Prairie | Ray Nazarro | |||
| 1952 | And Now Tomorrow | William Watson | ||
| Face to Face |
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Third collaboration with John Brahm | ||
| 1956 | The Tahitian | James Knott |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Lawless Empire | Vernon Keays | Editorial supervisor | Uncredited
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| 1947 | Prairie Raiders | Derwin Abrahams | Supervising film editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Sundown Slim | Val Paul | Bud Shoop | ||
| 1925 | The Gambling Fool | J. P. McGowan | Stringy Hawkins | ||
| 1931 | Not Exactly Gentlemen | Benjamin Stoloff | Teamster | First collaboration with Benjamin Stoloff | Uncredited
|
| Women of All Nations | Raoul Walsh | Busher |
- Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Hello Out There | James Whale |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | The Redemption of Rawhide | William F. Haddock | Alkali Ike | |
| The Immortal Alamo | — | |||
| 1912 | A Four-Footed Hero | — | Broncho Rider | Uncredited
|
| 1914 | The Sheriff's Story | — | — | |
| The Fight in Lonely Gulch | — | — | ||
| A Frontier Romance | — | — | ||
| 1919 | By Indian Post | John Ford | Swede | |
| Gun Law | Gang Member |
- TV pilots
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Cool and Lam | Jacques Tourneur |
- TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Mr. and Mrs. North | 1 episode |
| 1954−55 | The Halls of Ivy | 2 episodes |
| 1956 | My Friend Flicka | 4 episodes |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 1 episode | |
| 1956−57 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | 12 episodes |
| 1956−58 | Broken Arrow | 17 episodes |
| 1958 | Man Without a Gun | 2 episodes |
| 1957−58 | How to Marry a Millionaire | 4 episodes |
| 1959 | The Third Man | 3 episodes |
| 1960 | Hotel de Paree | 1 episode |
| The Texan | ||
| 1957−61 | Perry Mason | 22 episodes |
| 1959−67 | Gunsmoke | 128 episodes |
| 2018 | The Forsaken Westerns | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Film editor | 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
External links
[edit]- Otto Meyer at IMDb