Peter E. Berger

Peter Edward Berger (* May 30, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, † 22 September 2011 in Calabasas, California ) was an American editor who most of the Star Trek films to date average and 1988 with an Oscar nomination for Best section was considered.

Life

Peter Edward Berger was born in Los Angeles, son of the U.S. Cutters Fred W. Berger. After duty performed his military service during the Vietnam War in Korea, he studied at UCLA and began to work at NBC, where he cut commercials for television shows in the interface department. Before he made ​​his first film section led autonomously with the action film Hot Potato, he assisted, among others, Michael Kahn in films such as The Savage Is Loose and The Devil 's Rain. It was also Kahn, told the Berger his greatest success in his career, because of the common intersection of Fatal Attraction both received an Oscar nomination for Best Editing and were awarded the British Academy Film Award for Best Editing.

In addition, Peter E. Berger of the cutter, the Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection most Star Trek movies section.

On September 22, 2011 Berger died after a long illness with leukemia, leaving behind his wife, a son and a daughter, and five grandchildren.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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