Verna Fields (née Hellman) (21 March 1918 – 30 November 1982) was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition. She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s.
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- Verna Fields (née Hellman) (21 March 1918 – 30 November 1982) was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition. She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s. She worked on independent films, on the government-supported documentaries of the 1960s, and on some minor studio films such as Peter Bogdanovich's first film, Targets (1968). For several years in the late 1960s, she was a film instructor at the University of Southern California. Her one major studio film, El Cid, led to her only industry recognition in this phase of her career, which was the 1962 Golden Reel award for sound editing. Fields came into prominence as a film editor and industry executive during the New Hollywood era (1968–1982). She had established close ties with the directors Peter Bogdanovich, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg early in their careers, and became known as their "mother cutter"; the term "cutter" is an informal variation of "film editor". The critical and commercial success of the films What's up, Doc? (1972), American Graffiti (1973), and Jaws (1975) brought Fields a level of recognition that appears to be unique among film editors. Jaws in particular was enormously and unexpectedly profitable, and ushered in the era of the "summer blockbuster" film. Fields' contributions to this success were widely acknowledged. She received an Academy Award and an American Cinema Editors Award for best editing for the film. Within a year of the film's release, she had been appointed as Vice-President for Feature Production at Universal Studios. She was thus among the first women to enter upper-level management in the entertainment industry. Her career as an executive at Universal continued until her death in 1982 at age 64.
- Verna Fields (* 21. März 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri als Verna Hellman; † 30. November 1982 in Encino, Los Angeles) war eine US-amerikanische Filmeditorin. Die Tochter des Drehbuchautors Sam Fields begann während der 1940er-Jahre als Schnittassistentin in Hollywood. Dort lernte sie den Filmeditor Sam Fields kennen. Nachdem die beiden kurz darauf heirateten, gab Verna Fields ihren Job auf. Sam Fields starb 1954, und daraufhin arbeitete Verna Fields wieder als Editorin. Zunächst arbeitete sie beim Fernsehen für Serien wie Death Valley Days, Sky King und The Tom Ewell Show. Anfang der 1960er-Jahre unterrichtete Fields Filmschnitt an der University of California, Los Angeles und arbeitete wieder an Kinofilmen wie El Cid (1961) von Anthony Mann, bei dem sie für den Tonschnitt zuständig war. Während der 1960er-Jahre arbeitete Fields an einigen Dokumentarfilmen für das Office of Economic Opportunity. Ihre Rückkehr zum kommerziellen Film markiert Haskell Wexlers Medium Cool von 1969. Es folgten Peter Bogdanovichs Komödien Is’ was, Doc? (1972) und Paper Moon (1973). Im gleichen Jahr war Fields für den Schnitt bei George Lucas' American Graffiti zuständig. Für ihre Arbeit an American Graffiti wurde Fields 1974 für einen Oscar nominiert. Die Auszeichnung für den Besten Filmschnitt erhielt Fields zwei Jahre später für Steven Spielbergs Der weiße Hai. Mit Spielberg hatte Fields schon 1974 bei Sugarland Express zusammengearbeitet.
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- Verna Fields (née Hellman) (21 March 1918 – 30 November 1982) was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition. She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s.
- Verna Fields (* 21. März 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri als Verna Hellman; † 30. November 1982 in Encino, Los Angeles) war eine US-amerikanische Filmeditorin. Die Tochter des Drehbuchautors Sam Fields begann während der 1940er-Jahre als Schnittassistentin in Hollywood. Dort lernte sie den Filmeditor Sam Fields kennen. Nachdem die beiden kurz darauf heirateten, gab Verna Fields ihren Job auf. Sam Fields starb 1954, und daraufhin arbeitete Verna Fields wieder als Editorin.
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