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Paul Hirsch

Editing

Born November 14, 1945 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Paul Frederick Hirsch is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross. He won an Academy Award and Saturn Award for his work on the original Star Wars, which he shared with Richard Chew and Marcia Lucas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Hirsch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 1978
  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 2005 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 1978 · nominated

Filmography42 titles

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980Editor

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1977Editor

Music by John Williams

2024as Self - Editor

Light & Magic

2022as Self

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986Editor

Ray

2004Editor

Phantom of the Paradise

1974as Paradise Audience Member (uncredited)

Falling Down

1993Editor

Blow Out

1981Editor

Source Code

2011Editor

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1987Editor

Carrie

1976Editor

Steel Magnolias

1989Editor

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011Editor

Mission: Impossible

1996Editor

Creepshow

1982Editor

Footloose

1984Editor

Obsession

1976Editor

Sisters

1972Editor

The Secret of My Success

1987Editor

The Black Stallion Returns

1983Editor

Warcraft

2016Editor

Mighty Joe Young

1998Editor

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993Editor

The Fury

1978Editor

Hi, Mom!

1970as Avery Gunnz

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018Additional Editor

Raising Cain

1992Editor

Mission to Mars

2000Editor

The Money

1976Editor

Righteous Kill

2008Editor

Lake Placid

1999Editor

Hard Rain

1998Editor

King of the Gypsies

1978Editor

The Fighting Temptations

2003Editor

Deck the Halls

2006Editor

The Mummy

2017Editor

I Love Trouble

1994as Man on Plane

Protocol

1984Editor

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

2010Editor

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002Editor

Date Movie

2006Editor