Arthur P. Schmidt
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Arthur P. Schmidt (August 21, 1912 – July 22, 1965) began his career as an editor in 1934 on the film Anne of Green Gables and continued until his sudden death in 1965. During that time he worked on several of the Bulldog Drummond B-movies, as well as The Blue Dahlia (1946), When Worlds Collide (1951) and The Old Man and the Sea (1958).
He was a particular favourite of Billy Wilder's and edited Sunset Boulevard (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Ace in the Hole (1951), Sabrina (1954), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) and Some Like It Hot (1959) for the director. He received a second Oscar nomination in 1957 for his work on Sayonara.
The latter part of his career was largely spent working on Jerry Lewis films, either as an editor (Cinderfella in 1960) or as an associate producer (The Nutty Professor in 1963). He died on July 22, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. His son, Arthur Schmidt, is also a notable film editor who has won two Academy Awards so far for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump.
