George Amy
- Born
- October 15, 1903 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 18, 1986
- Editor
- Producer
- Director
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 · 70 credits
- 1956Ride the High Iron · Editor
- 1953A Lion Is in the Streets · Editor
- 1953She Couldn't Say No · Editor
- 1953Affair with a Stranger · Editor
- 1953Wonder Valley · Editor
- 1952Clash by Night · Editor
- 1951The Blue Veil · Editor
- 1951The Lady Says No · Editor
- 1951Queen for a Day · Editor
- 1950The Sound of Fury · Editor
- 1947Life with Father · Editor
- 1946Three Strangers · Editor
- 1946Cinderella Jones · Editor
- 1945Objective, Burma! · Editor
- 1945Confidential Agent · Editor
- 1944Uncertain Glory · Editor
- 1943Action in the North Atlantic · Editor
- 1943Air Force · Editor
- 1943This Is the Army · Editor
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy · Editor
- 1942Captains of the Clouds · Editor
- 1941The Sea Wolf · Editor
- 1941Dive Bomber · Editor
- 1940The Letter · Editor
- 1940The Sea Hawk · Editor
- 1940Santa Fe Trail · Editor
- 1940Virginia City · Editor
- 1940Gambling on the High Seas · Director
- 1940Granny Get Your Gun · Director
- 1939Dodge City · Editor
- 1939The Old Maid · Editor
- 1939Wings of the Navy · Editor
- 1939Kid Nightingale · Director
- 1938Gold Diggers in Paris · Editor
- 1938Garden of the Moon · Editor
- 1937Kid Galahad · Editor
- 1937Hollywood Hotel · Editor
- 1937Varsity Show · Editor
- 1937Mountain Justice · Editor
- 1936The Charge of the Light Brigade · Editor
- 1936The Green Pastures · Editor
- 1935Captain Blood · Editor
- 1935Gold Diggers of 1935 · Editor
- 1935Broadway Gondolier · Editor
- 1934Here Comes the Navy · Editor
- 1934Wonder Bar · Editor
- 1934He Was Her Man · Editor
- 19346 Day Bike Rider · Editor
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 · Editor
- 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum · Editor
- 1933Footlight Parade · Editor
- 1933Lady Killer · Editor
- 1933She Had to Say Yes · Director
- 1933She Had to Say Yes · Editor
- 1932Doctor X · Editor
- 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing · Editor
- 1932The Cabin in the Cotton · Editor
- 1932The Mouthpiece · Editor
- 1931The Ruling Voice · Editor
- 1931La llama sagrada · Editor
- 1931La dama atrevida · Editor
- 1930Those Who Dance · Editor
- 1930The Gorilla · Editor
- 1928Chinatown Charlie · Editor
- 1928The Wright Idea · Editor
- 1926The Brown Derby · Editor
- 1926Stepping Along · Editor
- 1926Rainbow Riley · Editor
- 1925The Live Wire · Editor
- 1921Burn 'Em Up Barnes · Editor