Marion Rothman

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Marion Rothman
Born(1928-07-03)July 3, 1928
DiedMay 17, 2013(2013-05-17) (aged 84)
Occupation Film editor

Marion Rothman was an American film editor active from the 1960s through the 1990s. [1] She is best known for her work on two 1970s Planet of the Apes movies, as well as Mystic Pizza and Christine . [2] She also had a screenwriting credit on the 1960 film The Wild Ride . Her first known assignment was assisting with the cutting of 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank . She served as a mentor for editor Virginia Katz in Los Angeles. [3]

Contents

Selected filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotesRef.
1968 The Boston Strangler Richard Fleischer First collaboration with Richard Fleischer
1969 Che! Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer
1970 Beneath the Planet of the Apes Ted Post
[4]
1971 Billy Jack Tom Laughlin
[5]
Escape from the Planet of the Apes Don Taylor First collaboration with Don Taylor
1972 Play It Again, Sam Herbert Ross First collaboration with Herbert Ross
1973 Tom Sawyer Don TaylorSecond collaboration with Don Taylor
Ash Wednesday Larry Peerce
1975 Funny Lady Herbert RossSecond collaboration with Herbert Ross
1976 Lipstick Lamont Johnson
[6]
Baby Blue Marine John D. Hancock
1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau Don TaylorThird collaboration with Don Taylor
Orca Michael Anderson
1978 Comes a Horseman Alan J. Pakula First collaboration with Alan J. Pakula
1979 Starting Over Second collaboration with Alan J. Pakula
1981 All Night Long Jean-Claude Tramont
1983 Christine John Carpenter First collaboration with John Carpenter
[7]
1984 Starman Second collaboration with John Carpenter
1986 Club Paradise Harold Ramis
[8]
1988 Mystic Pizza Donald Petrie First collaboration with Donald Petrie
1990 Opportunity Knocks Second collaboration with Donald Petrie
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man John CarpenterThird collaboration with John Carpenter
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank George Stevens Assistant film editor
Uncredited
Writer
YearFilmDirector
1960 The Wild Ride Harvey Berman
TV movies
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1975My Father's House Alex Segal
Writer
YearFilmDirector
1999 Velocity
  • David Wolfe
  • David Blass

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