Film Editor Arthur Schmidt

Schmidt had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) to Cast Away (2000).

Arthur Schmidt
Publicity Photo of Arthur Schmidt
Born	Arthur Robert Schmidt (1937-06-17)June 17, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	August 5, 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 86) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Spouse	Susan Craig
Parent	Arthur P. Schmidt (father)

Schmidt was born in Los Angeles on June 17, 1937, the son of film editor Arthur P. Schmidt; it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father editing the film Sunset Boulevard (1950). Schmidt graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English.

Schmidt received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994). In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with Craig Wood and Stephen E. Rivkin, 2003), Forrest Gump, and for a television special The Jericho Mile (1979). He has been nominated for major editing awards (including the BAFTA Award for Best Editing) for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Back to the Future (with Harry Keramidas, 1985), The Last of the Mohicans (with Dov Hoenig, 1992), and Cast Away (2000). He was the executive producer for The Labyrinth (2010).

Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to Schmidt by Zemeckis.

Schmidt died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on August 5, 2023, at the age of 86.

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