Josef Erich von Stroheim (1922–2002) was an American sound editor. His father was director

Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

Early life

Stroheim was born in Los Angeles on September 18, 1922 and grew up in

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. He began his career as a still photographer for

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's publicity department in 1939. He enlisted into the

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in 1942 to fight in

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and served as a combat photographer in Europe and Japan, where one of his subjects was

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Career

After the war he was a member of the International Combat Camera Association and worked as a sound editor. He won two Emmy Awards for sound editing for ''QB VII'' (1977) and ''The Immortal'' (1970) as well as five Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards.

Later life and death

Stroheim retired in 1988 and died in

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from complications from

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on March 22, 2002. He is buried in an unmarked grave

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood and Burbank, California. The cemetery has an entrance called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for aviation ...

References

External links

* * https://filmtalk.org/2017/12/15/josef-von-stroheim-my-father-erich-von-stroheim-only-pretended-to-be-very-difficult-to-handle/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Stroheim, Josef von 1922 births 2002 deaths People from Los Angeles American sound editors Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery Deaths from lung cancer in California United States Army personnel of World War II