Sidney Katz

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Sidney Katz

Editing February 20, 1918

Marion County, Indiana, USA

Sidney Katz (born February 20, 1914 in Marion County, Indiana, † June 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor. Katz began his career in film editing in 1…

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Kojak

Kojak

7.3 1973 TV Show
The Defenders

The Defenders

6.3 1961 TV Show
The Swimmer

The Swimmer

7.3 1968 Movie
Crazy like a Fox

Crazy like a Fox

7.2 1984 TV Show
Last Summer

Last Summer

6.2 1969 Movie
Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

6.2 1970 Movie
Lovers and Other Strangers

Lovers and Other Strangers

5.1 1970 Movie
Café Flesh

Café Flesh

5.8 1982 Movie
The Premonition

The Premonition

5.1 1976 Movie
Rancho Deluxe

Rancho Deluxe

5.3 1975 Movie
Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing

5.9 1974 Movie
Seize the Day

Seize the Day

5.0 1986 Movie

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Sidney Katz (born February 20, 1914 in Marion County, Indiana, † June 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor. Katz began his career in film editing in 1952. Until 1990 he was involved in more than 55 productions. Until 1977, he was mainly involved in cinema productions, then shifted his focus mainly on television films. As an editor he supervised u. a. in the years 1961 to 1962 the television series Preston & Preston (The Defenders). For several films he worked together with the director Frank Perry. In 1963 Katz was awarded the Emmy for his work on the television series Preston & Preston. In 1969 and 1980 he received a nomination for this film award. In 2009, the American Cinema Editors honored him with the ACE Career Achievement Award. Katz was married and has six children. From DE Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    The Story of The Swimmer

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1990
    Nightmare on the 13th Floor

    Movie Editor

  3. 1989
    Traveling Man

    Movie Editor

  4. 1988
    Run Till You Fall

    Movie Editor

  5. 1988
    Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

    Movie Editor

  6. 1986
    Who Is Julia?

    Movie Editor

  7. 1986
    Seize the Day

    Movie Editor

  8. 1985
    Covenant

    Movie Editor

  9. 1985
    The Key to Rebecca

    Movie Editor

  10. 1985
    This Wife for Hire

    Movie Editor

  11. 1984
    Crazy like a Fox

    TV show Editor

  12. 1984
    He's Fired, She's Hired

    Movie Editor

  13. 1984
    Love Thy Neighbor

    Movie Editor

  14. 1983
    Right of Way

    Movie Editor

  15. 1982
    Café Flesh

    Movie Editor

  16. 1982
    Bare Essence

    TV show Editor

More credits
  1. 1982
    The Day the Bubble Burst

    Movie Editor

  2. 1981
    Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"

    Movie Editor

  3. 1980
    Skag

    Movie Editor

  4. 1979
    The Family Man

    Movie Editor

  5. 1979
    Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love

    Movie Editor

  6. 1979
    Murder in Music City

    Movie Editor

  7. 1978
    Who'll Save Our Children?

    Movie Editor

  8. 1978
    Ring of Passion

    Movie Editor

  9. 1977
    The Girl Called Hatter Fox

    Movie Editor

  10. 1977
    The Beatles at Shea Stadium

    Movie Editor

  11. 1976
    The Premonition

    Movie Editor

  12. 1976
    The Story of David

    TV show Editor

  13. 1976
    The Story of David

    Movie Editor

  14. 1975
    Rancho Deluxe

    Movie Editor

  15. 1974
    Man on a Swing

    Movie Editor

  16. 1974
    F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

    Movie Editor

  17. 1973
    Kojak

    TV show Editor

  18. 1973
    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Movie Editor

  19. 1973
    Life Study

    Movie Editor

  20. 1972
    Play It as It Lays

    Movie Editor

  21. 1972
    The Mind Snatchers

    Movie Editor

  22. 1972
    Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

    Movie Editor

  23. 1970
    Lovers and Other Strangers

    Movie Editor

  24. 1970
    Diary of a Mad Housewife

    Movie Editor