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Arthur Schmidt Dies: Oscar-Winning Film Editor Of ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Back To The Future,’ ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ Was 86

Arthur Schmidt, the film editor whose decades-long collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on classics such as Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Contact and all three Back to the Future films won him two Oscars, has died, Deadline has confirmed. He was 86.

August 7, 2023 · 1 min · 37 words · Eric Choi

Schmidts two Best Film Editing Oscars came forRoger Rabbit(1988) andForrest Gump(1994).

His other collaborations with Zemeckis includedDeath Becomes Her(1992) andWhat Lies Beneath(2000).

Schmidt had a distinguished career beyond that artistic partnership.

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