Alan Heim

Alan Heim
Born (1936-05-21) May 21, 1936 (age 88)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Other namesAllan Heim
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1963-present

Alan Heim, ACE (born May 21, 1936) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for editing All That Jazz.

Biography

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Heim was born in the Bronx, New York.

He has more than thirty feature-film credits to his name, and has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Heim has also served as President of the ACE organization and as President of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), the IATSE union that represents film editors, sound mixers and post-production craftspeople.[1][2]

Heim had an extended collaboration with director Bob Fosse. For his work on All That Jazz (1979), Heim received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. All That Jazz is the fourth best-edited film of all time on a 2012 list compiled by the Motion Picture Editors Guild, and Edward Ländler wrote a summary of the editing for that listing.[3]

Selected filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1968 The Sea Gull Sidney Lumet Fourth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots Fifth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
The Twelve Chairs Mel Brooks Second collaboration with Mel Brooks
1971 Doc Frank Perry
1973 Godspell David Greene
1974 Lenny Bob Fosse First collaboration with Bob Fosse
1976 Network Sidney Lumet Sixth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
1979 Hair Miloš Forman First collaboration with Miloš Forman
All That Jazz Bob Fosse Second collaboration with Bob Fosse
1981 The Fan Edward Bianchi
So Fine Andrew Bergman
1983 Star 80 Bob Fosse Third collaboration with Bob Fosse
1985 Goodbye, New York Amos Kollek
Beer Patrick Kelly
1988 She's Having a Baby John Hughes
Funny Farm George Roy Hill
1989 Valmont Miloš Forman Second collaboration with Miloš Forman
1990 Quick Change
1991 Billy Bathgate Robert Benton
1993 Dennis the Menace Nick Castle
1995 Copycat Jon Amiel
1997 Leave It to Beaver Andy Cadiff
1998 American History X Tony Kaye
2000 Bless the Child Chuck Russell
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Ron Underwood
2003 Carolina Marleen Gorris
2004 The Notebook Nick Cassavetes First collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2006 Alpha Dog Second collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2007 The Last Mimzy Robert Shaye
2009 My Sister's Keeper Nick Cassavetes Third collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2010 Janie Jones David M. Rosenthal
2012 Bless Me, Ultima Carl Franklin
2013 Gods Behaving Badly Marc Turtletaub
2014 The Other Woman Nick Cassavetes Fourth collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2015 I Saw the Light Marc Abraham
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway Howard Brookner Editorial consultant
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Barbra Streisand Additional editor
2004 The Alamo John Lee Hancock Additional film editor
2008 Forever Plaid: The Movie Stuart Ross Supervising editor
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
1979 All That Jazz Bob Fosse Eddie
2013 Return to Babylon Alex Monty Canawati Landlord Scenes deleted
Music department
Year Film Director Role
1966 The Fat Spy Joseph Cates Music editor
Sound department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1964 The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet Sound editor First collaboration with Sidney Lumet
1966 The Group Second collaboration with Sidney Lumet
The Fat Spy Joseph Cates Sound effects editor
1967 The Producers Mel Brooks Sound editor First collaboration with Mel Brooks
1968 Bye Bye Braverman Sidney Lumet Third collaboration with Sidney Lumet
Rachel, Rachel Paul Newman
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2009 The Red Machine
  • Stephanie Argy
  • Alec Boehm
 Special thanks

Documentaries

Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1967 Festival Murray Lerner Associate editor
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Wendy Apple Executive producer: TCEP
Sound department
Year Film Director Role
1965 The Eleanor Roosevelt Story Richard Kaplan Sound effects editor
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2009 It Takes a Cult Eric Johannsen Thanks
2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr Jeffrey Schwarz Special thanks

TV documentaries

Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
2005 Pretty Things Liz Goldwyn Supervising editor

TV movies

Editor
Year Film Director
1975 The Silence Joseph Hardy
1978 Holocaust Marvin J. Chomsky
1986 Nobody's Child Lee Grant
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Martha Coolidge
2008 Skip Tracer Stephen Frears
2009 Grey Gardens Michael Sucsy

TV series

Editor
Year Title Notes
1978 Holocaust 2 episodes
Music department
Year Title Role Notes
1963−64 East Side West Side Music editor 13 episodes
1964 Mr. Broadway 2 episodes
Sound department
Year Title Role Notes
1963 The Nurses Sound effects
Sound effects editor 		5 episodes
1963−64 East Side West Side Sound editor
Sound effects editor
Sound mixer 		8 episodes
1964 Mr. Broadway Sound effects editor 2 episodes
1966 ABC Stage 67 Sound editor 1 episode

TV specials

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1972 Liza with a Z Bob Fosse Concert film

Awards and nominations

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  • 2012 - CameraImage Special Award - Lifetime Achievement award "Editor with Unique Visual Sensitivity"
  • 2010 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television" - Grey Gardens (2009) (Shared with editor Lee Percy)
  • 2009 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie" -
    Grey Gardens (2009) (shared with editor Lee Percy)
  • 2000 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television" - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • 2000 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • 1981 - BAFTA Award winner - "Best Editing" - All That Jazz
  • 1980 - Academy Award winner - "Best Film Editing" - All That Jazz
  • 1980 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner "Best Edited Feature Film" - All That Jazz
  • 1979 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee - "Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series" - Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, and Brian Smedley-Aston)
  • 1978 - BAFTA Award nomination - "Best Film Editing" - Network
  • 1978 - Primetime Emmy Winner - "Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, and Brian Smedley-Aston)
  • 1977 - Academy Award nomination "Best Film Editing" - Network
  • 1977 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee "Best Edited Feature Film" - Network
  • 1973 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special or Feature Length Program of a Series" Liza with a Z (1972)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] American Cinema Editors (ACE) Official website
  2. ^ [2] Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) Official website
  3. ^ "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 1, 2012. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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