William Steinkamp

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William Steinkamp
Born (1953-06-09) June 9, 1953 (age 70)
Occupation Film editor
Years active1977–present

William Steinkamp (born June 9, 1953) is an American film editor with more than 20 film credits. [1] He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from Tootsie (1982) through the director's last film, The Interpreter (2005).

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Relative assistance

Steinkamp's first credits are as an assistant editor to his father, Fredric Steinkamp, on two of Pollack's films in the late 1970s. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most of Pollack's films with his father; after his father's retirement in 1995, William Steinkamp became Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005. Steinkamp has edited several of director Gary Fleder's films, from Kiss the Girls (1997) through The Express (2008).

Awards

Steinkamp has been nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for editing two films directed by Pollack, Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985); Fredric Steinkamp was also nominated for these films. He was again nominated as sole editor for The Fabulous Baker Boys (directed by Steve Kloves, 1989). He has been nominated for ACE Eddie awards for editing Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1985), and Scent of a Woman (directed by Martin Brest - 1992).

Steinkamp has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors. [2]

Filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1980 Hide in Plain Sight James Caan
1981 King of the Mountain Noel Nosseck
1982 Tootsie Sydney Pollack Second 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 PollackThird collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1987 Burglar Hugh Wilson
Adventures in Babysitting Chris Columbus
1988 Scrooged Richard Donner
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys Steve Kloves
1990 Havana Sydney PollackFourth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1992 Man Trouble Bob Rafelson
Scent of a Woman Martin Brest
1993 The Firm Sydney PollackFifth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1996 Heaven's Prisoners Phil Joanou
A Time to Kill Joel Schumacher
1997 Kiss the Girls Gary Fleder First collaboration with Gary Fleder
1998 Goodbye Lover Roland Joffé
1999 Mumford Lawrence Kasdan
Random Hearts Sydney PollackSixth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
2001 Heartbreakers David Mirkin
Don't Say a Word Gary FlederSecond collaboration with Gary Fleder
2003 Runaway Jury Third collaboration with Gary Fleder
2005 The Interpreter Sydney PollackSeventh collaboration with Sydney Pollack
2007 August Rush Kirsten Sheridan
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Gary FlederFourth collaboration with Gary Fleder
2010 Casino Jack George Hickenlooper
2012 The Courier Hany Abu-Assad
Freaky Deaky Charles Matthau
A Dark Truth Damian Lee First collaboration with Damian Lee
2013BreakoutSecond collaboration with Damian Lee
2014 A Fighting Man Third collaboration with Damian Lee
AfterPieter Gaspersz
2017 The Shack Stuart Hazeldine
2021 Mixtape Valerie Weiss
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1977 Bobby Deerfield Sydney PollackAssistant editorFirst collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1978 Fedora Billy Wilder
2013 Girl on a Bicycle Jeremy Leven Additional editor
Producer
YearFilmDirectorCredit
2017 The Shack Stuart HazeldineCo-producer
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
1986 Back to School Alan Metter The producers wish to thank
1999 A Walk on the Moon Tony Goldwyn

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References

  1. William Steinkamp at IMDb
  2. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.