George Amy

Birth Name:

George Joseph Amy

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Editor, Director, Producer, Editorial department, Assistant director

Started working as a film editor when he was 17 years old
His editing during the 1930s gave Warner Brothers films a reputation for having a fast pace and fluid style
Moved away from films and into editing and directing for television in the 1950s
Often worked under directors Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks
Spent nearly his entire four-decade-long career at Warner Brothers studios
The short films he directed were made by the Vitaphone division of Warner Brothers
Though he directed several short and feature films on his own, he continued to find greater success in editing

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