Frank J. Urioste

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Frank Joseph Urioste[ pronunciation? ] (born April 28, 1938) is an American film editor with about 30 film credits. He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, for RoboCop (1987), Die Hard (1988), and Basic Instinct (1992). [1]

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Early life

Urioste was born to Frank T. Urioste and Angelina "Angie" Saracino (1909–2006). He also has a sister, Carol. His father worked as an airplane bomb sight manufacturer during World War II, and shortly afterwards started at MGM, where he was a music editor for over 30 years. [2]

Career

Urioste began his career in 1957, when he worked with Henry Mancini at MGM as a music editor. [1]

The first film that Urioste edited was What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969). [3] He continued to edit films during the 1970s, such as Midway (1976), Damnation Alley (1977) and The Boys in Company C (1978). [3] Urioste has also worked in television; in 1979, he edited the television film, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . [3] In 1974, he edited the film The Spikes Gang . [4] In 1979, he edited Fast Break . [5]

In 1983, he edited Amityville 3-D . [6] That same year, Urioste edited Trenchcoat , starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays. [7] Other films that Urioste edited during the 1980s include Conan the Destroyer (1984), Die Hard (1988) and Road House (1989). [3] He also edited The Hitcher (1986), starring Rutger Hauer. [8] Urioste was nominated for an Academy Award for his editing in Die Hard. [9]

Urioste has also collaborated with director Paul Verhoeven in such films as RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992). [3] [10] [11] [12]

In 1993, Urioste edited Cliffhanger . [13] That same year, he edited the film, Tombstone . [14] In 1995, he co-edited Cutthroat Island . [15] [16] In 1996, he co-edited the film, Executive Decision , starring Kurt Russell. [17]

Urioste used Avid Technology for the first time when he had less than four weeks to edit Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). [18]

In addition to film editing, Urioste has been the senior vice president of feature development at Warner Bros. since 1998. [1] [19] Urioste also served on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1994 to 1997 and is on the advisory board of the film editors branch of the Academy. [1]

Urioste received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2007. [1]

Personal life

He is married to Gemma Urioste. Together, they have had four children; Rosemarie, Maryan, Michelle, and Frank Jr. He has 10 grandchildren, and all celebrated his lifetime achievement at the Eddie Awards. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Lee H. Katzin
1971 The Grissom Gang Robert Aldrich
1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit Brian De Palma
The Hoax Robert Anderson
1974 The Spikes Gang Fleischer
1976 Midway Jack Smight
1977 Damnation Alley
1978 The Boys in Company C Sidney J. Furie
1979 Fast Break Jack Smight
1980 Loving Couples
1981 The Entity Sidney J. Furie
1983 Amityville 3-D Richard Fleischer
1983 Trenchcoat Michael Tuchner
1984 Conan the Destroyer Richard Fleischer
1985 Red Sonja Richard Fleischer
1986 The Hitcher Robert Harmon
1987 RoboCop Paul Verhoeven Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1988 Die Hard John McTiernan Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1989 Road House Rowdy Herrington
1990 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven
1992 Basic Instinct Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1993 Tombstone George P. Cosmatos
Cliffhanger Renny Harlin
1994 Terminal Velocity Deran Sarafian
1995 Cutthroat Island Renny Harlin
1996 Executive Decision Stuart Baird
1997 Conspiracy Theory Richard Donner
1998 Lethal Weapon 4
1999 Deep Blue Sea Renny Harlin
2011 The Thing Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Additional editor

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