Fredric Steinkamp (August 22, 1928 – February 20, 2002) was an American film editor with more than 40 film credits. He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director

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, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969) through ''

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'' (1995). Steinkamp began his career working part-time in the sound department of the

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. He became an assistant editor at MGM, and worked for

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, and

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. Kress recommended Steinkamp as the editor for ''

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'' (directed by

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, 1960), which was Steinkamp's first editing credit. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most films with his son, William Steinkamp; after 1995, William Steinkamp became Sydney Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005. Steinkamp won the

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for ''

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'' (directed by

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, 1966). He was nominated for the Academy Award for editing four films directed by Pollack: '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969), ''

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'' (1975), ''

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'' (1982), and ''

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'' (1985). All of these films had co-editors, including his son William Steinkamp for the last two. He was nominated for the

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for ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969). He was nominated for

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for editing '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' (directed by

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- 1964), ''Grand Prix'' (1966), ''Tootsie'' (1982), and ''Out of Africa'' (1985). In 2001 Steinkamp received the

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of the

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(ACE).

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* Best Film Editing Academy Award winners 1928 births 2002 deaths American film editors {{US-film-editor-stub

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