- Tina Hirsch
Tina Hirsch (born 1943) is an
Emmy -nominated Americanfilm editor . She has been elected to membership in theAmerican Cinema Editors , and in 2000, she became the first woman to become president of the honorary society. [McNary, Dave (2000). [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117785181.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 "ACE taps 'Wings' Hirsch new prexy: First woman to top editors' org"] , "Variety"August 16 2000 ; online version retrieved July 7, 2008.] She is also known as Bettina Kugel Hirsch, Bettina Hirsch and Bettina Kugel.She edited numerous films since the late 1960s and 1970s, including the cult film "
Death Race 2000 " (1975) and the sequels "More American Graffiti " (1979) and ' (1982). In the 1980s she received the opportunity to work for producerSteven Spielberg , editing the "It's a Good Life" sequence in ' (1983) and then "Gremlins " (1984). She directed the film "Munchies", cited as similar to the latter. [Lawrence O'Toole, "NY CLIPS Nell says no to fashion king and Warren's spoon is hot," "The Globe and Mail ", January 16, 1987, pg. D.6.]In 1999 she edited "
A Proportional Response " and "What Kind of Day Has It Been ," episodes of the television series "The West Wing". For this work, in 2000 she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series, and also won an Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors. She was nominated for her second Emmy in 2005 for editing the television miniseries "Back When We Were Grownups " (2004).References
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*Kowalski, Eileen (2001). [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117855804.html?categoryid=1013&cs=1 "Tina Hirsch"] , "Variety"November 14 2001 ; online version retrievedJuly 7 2008 .
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