Douglas Stewart (March 29, 1919 – March 3, 1995) was an American film and television editor with about 16 feature film credits from 1953 – 1983. He won the

Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, ...

for the film, '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), along with co-editors

Glenn Farr Glenn Farr is a film and TV editor who was one of the five film editors to win the Academy Award for Best Film Editing during the 56th Academy Awards for the film '' The Right Stuff''. He shared his win with Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. ...

Lisa Fruchtman Lisa Fruchtman (born August 1948) is an American film and television editor, and documentary director with about 25 film credits. Fruchtman won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for '' The Right Stuff'' (1983). With her brother, Rob Fruchtma ...

, Stephen A. Rotter, and Tom Rolf. ''The Right Stuff'' was the fourth film of Stewart's notable collaboration with director

Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than six decades. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versati ...

, which began with ''

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'' (1972). Stewart's extensive television work was honored twice by nominations for Emmy awards.

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