Fredric Steinkamp

Fredric Steinkamp
Born
Fredric W. Steinkamp

(1928-08-22)August 22, 1928
DiedFebruary 20, 2002(2002-02-20) (aged 73)
Santa Monica, California
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1960–1995

Fredric Steinkamp (August 22, 1928 – February 20, 2002) was an American film editor with more than 40 film credits.[1][2] He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) through Sabrina (1995).

Steinkamp began his career working part-time in the sound department of the MGM Studios. He became an assistant editor at MGM, and worked for Adrienne Fazan, Ralph E. Winters, Jack Dunning, and Harold F. Kress. Kress recommended Steinkamp as the editor for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1960), which was Steinkamp's first editing credit.[3] From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most films with his son, William Steinkamp; after 1995, William Steinkamp became Sydney Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005.

Steinkamp won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Grand Prix (directed by John Frankenheimer, 1966). He was nominated for the Academy Award for editing four films directed by Pollack: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985). All of these films had co-editors, including his son William Steinkamp for the last two. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He was nominated for ACE Eddie awards for editing The Unsinkable Molly Brown (directed by Charles Walters - 1964), Grand Prix (1966), Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985).

In 2001 Steinkamp received the Career Achievement Award of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).

Filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Michael Curtiz
Where the Boys Are Henry Levin
1961 Two Loves Charles Walters First collaboration with Charles Walters
1962 All Fall Down John Frankenheimer First collaboration with John Frankenheimer
Period of Adjustment George Roy Hill
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair Norman Taurog
Sunday in New York Peter Tewksbury First collaboration with Peter Tewksbury
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Charles Walters Second collaboration with Charles Walters
Quick, Before It Melts Delbert Mann First collaboration with Delbert Mann
1965 Once a Thief Ralph Nelson First collaboration with Ralph Nelson
1966 Duel at Diablo Second collaboration with Ralph Nelson
Mister Buddwing Delbert Mann Second collaboration with Delbert Mann
1967 Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! Peter Tewksbury Second collaboration with Peter Tewksbury
1968 Charly Ralph Nelson Third collaboration with Ralph Nelson
1969 The Extraordinary Seaman John Frankenheimer Third collaboration with John Frankenheimer
Midas Run Alf Kjellin
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sydney Pollack First collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1970 The Strawberry Statement Stuart Hagmann
1971 A New Leaf Elaine May
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Lawrence Turman
1974 Nightmare Honeymoon Elliot Silverstein
Freebie and the Bean Richard Rush
1977 Bobby Deerfield Sydney Pollack Fourth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1978 Fedora Billy Wilder
1980 Hide in Plain Sight James Caan
1982 Tootsie Sydney Pollack Fifth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1984 Against All Odds Taylor Hackford First collaboration with Taylor Hackford
1985 White Nights Second collaboration with Taylor Hackford
Out of Africa Sydney Pollack Sixth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1987 Burglar Hugh Wilson
Adventures in Babysitting Chris Columbus
1988 Scrooged Richard Donner
1990 Havana Sydney Pollack Seventh collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1993 Blood In Blood Out Taylor Hackford Third collaboration with Taylor Hackford
The Firm Sydney Pollack Eighth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1995 Sabrina Ninth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1958 Imitation General George Marshall Assistant editor
Uncredited
1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler Supervising editor
1966 Grand Prix John Frankenheimer Second collaboration with John Frankenheimer
1974 The Yakuza Sydney Pollack Supervising film editor Second collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1975 Three Days of the Condor Supervising editor Third collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York Mark Rydell Supervising film editor
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Lawrence Turman Associate producer
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
1986 Back to School Alan Metter The producers wish to thank

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Birth and death dates taken from the Social Security Death Index.
  2. ^ The count of film credits is based loosely on the Internet Film DataBase. Several of Steinkamp's credits are as a "supervising editor".
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (February 6, 2001). "Frazen, Steinkamp ACE'd, Pollack to be presenter". Variety. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
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