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Paul Frederick Hirsch (born November 14, 1945) is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross.
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Paul Hirsch. Editor: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Paul Hirsch, A.C.E. has edited over 40 films, among them the first "Star Wars" written and directed by George Lucas, for which he received an Academy Award in 1978, and "The Empire Strikes Back"; 11 films for Brian De Palma, including "Carrie", "Blowout" and "Mission: Impossible"; four ...
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Nov 27, 2019 · An interview with Oscar-winning editor Paul Hirsch about his work on Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Star Wars, his new memoir and much more.
May 8, 2023. Paul Hirsch remembers how excited he was to win an Oscar. He also remembers the "terrible faux pas" he made shortly thereafter. The year was 1978, and Hirsch had just won Best Film Editing for his work on Star Wars. "I'm not accustomed to being the center of attention," he demurs.
Nov 7, 2019 · George Lucas, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg. "Star Wars" editor Paul Hirsch makes a case for the influence the job can have over the creative direction of a film in his new book.
Paul Frederick Hirsch is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross.
Paul Hirsch had edited five of Brian De Palma 's films — beginning with 1970's Hi, Mom! and including 1976's Carrie — when he was hired to work on a space fantasy from emerging filmmaker George Lucas. That movie, of course, was Star Wars. "Brian had this aesthetic, what Hitchcock called 'pure cinema' and he adopted it.
