Biography
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George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace.
He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force (1943). He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features (including She Had to Say Yes) on his own for Warners, they didn't meet with much success. In the 1950s he turned to editing and directing for television.
Filmography
all 64
Movies 64
Director 6
Producer 2
The Unlighted Road (1955)
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Clash by Night (1952)
The Lady Says No (1952)
The Blue Veil (1951)
Queen for a Day (1951)
The Sound of Fury (1950)
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Life with Father (1947)
Cinderella Jones (1946)
Three Strangers (1946)
Confidential Agent (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
This Is the Army (1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Air Force (1943)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Dive Bomber (1941)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Letter (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
The Royal Rodeo (1939)
Kid Nightingale (1939)
Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
Wings of the Navy (1939)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Mountain Justice (1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
He Was Her Man (1934)
Wonder Bar (1934)
Lady Killer (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Doctor X (1932)
The Mouthpiece (1932)
Torchy (1931)
The Ruling Voice (1931)
The Gorilla (1930)
Those Who Dance (1930)
The Wright Idea (1928)
Stepping Along (1926)
The Live Wire (1925)
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Known ForEditing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-10-15
Deathday1986-12-18 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGeorge J. Amy
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
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