Douglas Stewart (March 29, 1919 – March 3, 1995) was a Hollywood-based Canadian film and television editor with about 16 feature film credits from 1953 – 1983.Birth and death dates confirmed by the Social Security Death Index. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film, The Right Stuff (1983), along with co-editors Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, and Tom Rolf. The Right Stuff was the fourth film of Stewart's notable collaboration with director Philip Kaufman, which began with The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid (1972). Stewart's extensive television work was honored twice by nominations for Emmy awards.
Selected filmography
Based on Stewart's filmography at the Internet Database.
+ Editor Year Film Director Notes1953 The Hitch-HikerIda Lupino1957 Eighteen and AnxiousJoe Parker1958 Girl in the WoodsTom Gries1965 Nightmare in the SunMarc Lawrence1967 GamesCurtis Harrington1969 Change of HabitWilliam A. Graham1972 The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid Philip KaufmanFirst collaboration with Philip Kaufman1974 The White DawnSecond collaboration with Philip Kaufman1976 The Shootist Don SiegelFirst collaboration with Don Siegel1977 TelefonSecond collaboration with Don Siegel1978 Invasion of the Body SnatchersPhilip KaufmanThird collaboration with Philip Kaufman1979 Walk ProudRobert L. Collins1980 Rough CutDon SiegelThird collaboration with Don Siegel 1982 Fast-WalkingJames B. Harris Jinxed!Don SiegelFourth collaboration with Don Siegel1983 The Right StuffPhilip KaufmanFourth collaboration with Philip Kaufman
+ Producer Year Film Director Credit1965 Nightmare in the SunMarc LawrenceAssociate producer
+ Sound department Year Film Director Role Notes 1957 Beginning of the End Bert I. GordonSound effects editorFirst collaboration with Bert I. Gordon The CyclopsSound effectsSecond collaboration with Bert I. Gordon
TV movies
+ Editor Year Film Director1967 How I Spent My Summer VacationWilliam Hale 1968 Companions in Nightmare Norman Lloyd The Smugglers1969 Trial RunWilliam A. Graham 1970 Ritual of EvilRobert Day Lost FlightLeonard Horn1971 Marriage: Year OneWilliam A. Graham1972 The VictimHerschel Daugherty1973 Runaway!David Lowell Rich 1974 Man on the OutsideBoris Sagal The CayPatrick Garland The Greatest GiftBoris Sagal 1975 A Cry for HelpDaryl Duke One of Our OwnRichard C. Sarafian
TV series
+ Editor Year Title Notes1959 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 episode1958−59 M Squad23 episodes1959−60 Markham13 episodes1961 Coronado 91 episode1960−61 The Deputy23 episodes 1962 Father of the Bride2 episodes 87th Precinct8 episodes Wagon Train1 episode1961−62 Frontier Circus8 episodes1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1 episode1962−65 Alfred Hitchcock Presents31 episodes1965−66 Run for Your Life8 episodes1968 The Name of the Game1 episode 1968−69 It Takes a Thief7 episodes The Outsider2 episodes1969 The Survivors1 episode1969−70 The Bold Ones: The Protectors2 episodes 1970 The Virginian1 episode The Bold Ones: The Senator 2 episodes1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury 1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors 1 episode Madigan1967−73 Ironside13 episodes 1975 The Six Million Dollar Man 1 episode Ellery Queen1976 Rich Man, Poor Man4 episodes1976−77 Rich Man, Poor Man Book II6 episodes
+ Editorial department Year Title Role Notes1960−61 The DeputyFilm editor3 episodes
+ Sound department Year Title Role Notes1955−56 Sergeant Preston of the YukonSound editor17 episodes
See also List of film director and editor collaborations References
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