About

Known credits:
61
Birthday:
1903-10-15
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

George Amy

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace.

He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force (1943). He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features (including She Had to Say Yes) on his own for Warners, they didn't meet with much success. In the 1950s he turned to editing and directing for television.

Known for

Directing
1940 Matty Malneck And His Orchestra Directing Director N/A
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1940 Gambling on the High Seas Directing Director 58
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1940 Granny Get Your Gun Directing Director 58
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1939 The Royal Rodeo Directing Director 58
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1939 Kid Nightingale Directing Director 59
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1939 Ride, Cowboy, Ride Directing Director 59
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1933 She Had to Say Yes Directing Director 59
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Production
1949 My Dream Is Yours Production Associate Producer 59
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1948 Romance on the High Seas Production Associate Producer 59
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Editing
1955 The Unlighted Road Editing Supervising Editor 58
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1954 She Couldn't Say No Editing Editor 58
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1953 A Lion Is in the Streets Editing Editor 58
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1953 Affair with a Stranger Editing Editor 58
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1952 Clash by Night Editing Editor 60
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1952 The Lady Says No Editing Editor 58
Average
1951 The Blue Veil Editing Editor 59
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1951 Queen for a Day Editing Editor 58
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1950 The Sound of Fury Editing Editor 59
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1947 Life with Father Editing Editor 59
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1946 Cinderella Jones Editing Editor 58
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1946 Three Strangers Editing Editor 59
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1945 Objective, Burma! Editing Editor 60
Fair
1944 Uncertain Glory Editing Editor 59
Average
1943 This Is the Army Editing Editor 58
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1943 Action in the North Atlantic Editing Editor 60
Fair
1943 Air Force Editing Editor 59
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1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Editing Editor 62
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1942 Captains of the Clouds Editing Editor 59
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1941 The Sea Wolf Editing Editor 60
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1941 Dive Bomber Editing Editor 59
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1940 Santa Fe Trail Editing Editor 58
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1940 The Letter Editing Editor 63
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1940 Matty Malneck And His Orchestra Editing Editor N/A
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1940 The Sea Hawk Editing Editor 61
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1940 Virginia City Editing Editor 59
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1939 The Old Maid Editing Editor 60
Fair
1939 Dodge City Editing Editor 60
Fair
1939 Wings of the Navy Editing Editor 59
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1938 Gold Diggers in Paris Editing Editor 59
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1938 Hollywood Hotel Editing Editor 58
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1937 Kid Galahad Editing Editor 59
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1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade Editing Editor 59
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1935 Captain Blood Editing Editor 63
Fair
1935 Broadway Gondolier Editing Editor 59
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1934 6 Day Bike Rider Editing Editor 58
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1934 Here Comes the Navy Editing Editor 58
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1934 He Was Her Man Editing Editor 59
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1934 Wonder Bar Editing Editor 59
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1933 Lady Killer Editing Editor 59
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1933 Footlight Parade Editing Editor 60
Fair
1933 She Had to Say Yes Editing Editor 59
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1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 Editing Editor 61
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1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum Editing Editor 60
Fair
1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Editing Editor 59
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1932 The Cabin in the Cotton Editing Editor 59
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1932 Doctor X Editing Editor 59
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1932 The Mouthpiece Editing Editor 59
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1931 The Ruling Voice Editing Editor 59
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1930 Those Who Dance Editing Editor 59
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1928 The Wright Idea Editing Editor N/A
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1925 The Live Wire Editing Editor 58
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