![]() Academy Award Winner Arthur Schmidt to be Honored at the Beaufort International Film FestivalArthur Schmidt, Multiple Award Winning Film Editor to Receive Jean Ribaut Award
By: Beaufort International Film Festival Mr. Schmidt is the son of the distinguished film editor Arthur P. Schmidt; it is said that the son's education in editing began when he watched his father edit the film Sunset Boulevard (1950). He earned Oscars ® for Best Film Editing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994), In additon to the Academy Awards, Mr. Schmidt has won several "Eddies" from the American Cinema Editors for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Forrest Gump, and The Jericho Mile. He was nominated for several major editing awards (including the BAFTA Award for Best Editing) for Coal Miner's Daughter, Back to the Future, Last of the Mohicans, and Cast Away. Mr. Schmidt received the 2009 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award, which was presented to him by Robert Zemeckis. This will be Mr. Schmidt's second visit to Beaufort with his first trip being while working on the film Forrest Gump, which was shot primarily in Beaufort. "I'm happy and honored to be the recipient of the Jean Ribaut Award for Film Editing. I look forward to attending the Festival in February. I have many happy memories of beautiful Beaufort and look forward to re-visiting your very special town," stated Mr. Schmidt from his home in Santa Barbara, CA.. For more information about the 8th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival, visit beaufortfilmfestival.com. The festival is produced by the Beaufort Film Society. The Beaufort Film Society is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3, member-supported organization, dedicated to providing the highest levels of entertainment and education to the public from all areas of the film industry. Photo: https://www.prlog.org/ End
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