Alan Heim

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Alan Heim
The Oscar winning Editor, Hollywood, Alan Heim at the Master Class on Film Editing, during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 27, 2016.jpg
Born (1936-05-31) May 31, 1936 (age 87)
Other namesAllan Heim
Occupation Film editor
Years active1963-present

Alan Heim, ACE (born May 31, 1936) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for editing All That Jazz .

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Biography

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

Editor

YearFilmDirectorNotes
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 LumetSixth collaboration with Sidney Lumet
1979 Hair Miloš Forman First collaboration with Miloš Forman
All That Jazz Bob FosseSecond collaboration with Bob Fosse
1981 The Fan Edward Bianchi
So Fine Andrew Bergman
1983 Star 80 Bob FosseThird 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 FormanSecond 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 CassavetesThird 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 CassavetesFourth collaboration with Nick Cassavetes
2015 I Saw the Light Marc Abraham

Sound department

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1964 The Pawnbroker Sidney LumetSound editorFirst collaboration with Sidney Lumet
1966 The Group Second collaboration with Sidney Lumet
The Fat Spy Joseph CatesSound effects editor
1967 The Producers Mel BrooksSound editorFirst collaboration with Mel Brooks
1968 Bye Bye Braverman Sidney LumetThird collaboration with Sidney Lumet
Rachel, Rachel Paul Newman

Music department

YearFilmDirectorRole
1966 The Fat Spy Joseph CatesMusic editor

Editorial department

YearFilmDirectorRole
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 RossSupervising editor

Actor

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1979 All That Jazz Bob FosseEddie
2013 Return to Babylon Alex Monty CanawatiLandlordScenes deleted

Thanks

YearFilmDirectorRole
2009The Red Machine
  • Stephanie Argy
  • Alec Boehm
Special thanks

Editor

TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1975 The Silence Joseph Hardy
1986 Nobody's Child Lee Grant
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Martha Coolidge
2008Skip Tracer Stephen Frears
2009 Grey Gardens Michael Sucsy

Awards and nominations

See also

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References

  1. American Cinema Editors (ACE) Official website
  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.