Arthur Schmidt (film editor)


Arthur Robert Schmidt is an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005. Schmidt has had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from Back to the Future to Cast Away.
Schmidt is 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. 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 and Forrest Gump. In addition to these Oscars, Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for , Forrest Gump, and for a television special The Jericho Mile. He has been nominated for major editing awards for Coal Miner's Daughter, Back to the Future, The Last of the Mohicans, and Cast Away. He was the executive producer for The Labyrinth.
Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to Schmidt by Robert Zemeckis.

Filmography (as editor)

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteMarty Feldmanco-edited with Jim Clark
1978Jaws 2Jeannot Szwarc
1979The Jericho MileMichael Mann
1980Coal Miner's DaughterMichael AptedNominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1980The IdolmakerTaylor Hackford
1982The Escape ArtistCaleb Deschanel
1984The Buddy SystemGlenn Jordan
1984FirstbornMichael Apted
1985FandangoKevin Reynolds
1985Back to the FutureRobert ZemeckisNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1986Ruthless PeopleDavid Zucker
1986Ruthless PeopleJim Abrahams
1986Ruthless PeopleJerry Zucker
1988Who Framed Roger RabbitRobert ZemeckisAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
1988Who Framed Roger RabbitRobert ZemeckisNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1989Back to the Future Part IIRobert Zemeckis
1990Back to the Future Part IIIRobert Zemeckis
1991The RocketeerJoe Johnston
1992Death Becomes HerRobert Zemeckis
1992The Last of the MohicansMichael Mann
1993Addams Family ValuesBarry Sonnenfeld
1994Forrest GumpRobert ZemeckisAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
1994Forrest GumpRobert ZemeckisACE Eddie
1994Forrest GumpRobert ZemeckisNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing
1996The BirdcageMike Nichols
1996Chain ReactionAndrew Davis
1997ContactRobert Zemeckis
1998Primary ColorsMike Nichols
2000What Lies BeneathRobert Zemeckis
2000Cast AwayRobert Zemeckis
2003Gore Verbinski
2005The ChumscrubberArie Posin