William Cartwright (film editor)
William Tilton Cartwright and William T. Cartwright ( born August 25, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, † 1 June 2013 in North Hills, California ) was an American editor, who in his 40 -year career 20 Cinema, television and documentary productions as a cutter in charge. Among them are cinema classics of the 1960s such as Four Days in November, The Devil's Brigade or The Bridge at Remagen. For his work he has won several awards.
Life and career
William Tilton Cartwright was born on August 25, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father Carroll Cartwright worked as a car dealer, and his mother was Flora cosmetics saleswoman at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He grew up primarily in St. Louis and San Antonio. Later he enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis and earned a bachelor's degree in English, although the Second World War interrupted his education. Served Trained as a naval aviator and photographer Cartwright in the Pacific as a Marine Corps fighter pilot. In March 1945, he survived a crash into the sea after his plane had been hit. He broke several vertebrae and was rescued by a Navy destroyer.
After college, he worked as a photographer and filmmaker in Europe for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He then attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but the formation broke off before completing his diploma.
For the production company of David L. Wolper Cartwright worked at the beginning of the 1960s, a series of documentaries. These included the two renowned Films The Making of the President 1960 (1963) and Four Days in November (1964 ), directed by Mel Stuart.
In the late 1960s, he oversaw the two war film classic The Devil's Brigade ( 1968) directed by Andrew V. McLaglen with William Holden and Cliff Robertson in the lead roles and John Guillermins The Bridge at Remagen (1969 ) with George Segal, Robert Vaughn and Ben Gazzara.
In the following decades, he devoted his attention preferred the documentary genre. In 1989 he received his third Emmy Award for the television documentary series American Masters, at the Cartwright also as a co- producer worked.
The American television documentary series The Incurables, where he also served as screenwriter, in 2007 Cartwright last work as a cutter.
Cartwright was nominated 1963-1997 for a total of five Emmy Awards and won three of the coveted television award awards.
His son William T. Cartwright Jr. also took the profession of film - cutter.
In 1958, William Cartwright had seen with his critical understanding of art and culture for attention. Together with Nicholas King, he bought the Watts Towers in Los Angeles for $ 3,000 and founded a non-profit entity which was to preserve and maintain the towers and their art by Simon Rodia. They are now considered masterpieces of folk art.
William Cartwright died 1 June 2013 at the age of 92 years in North Hills in the state of California.