George Amy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Amy

American film editor and director

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1903

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1986

Profession: film director, film producer, film editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) was an American film editor.
He started his career aged 17, 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.