Fred von Bernewitz (born December 10, 1938,
Washington, D.C.
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) is a film editor, currently with
HBO. His work in film editing over four decades ranges from TV commercials to features, including several films by
Robert Downey Sr.
Career
Interviewed in 2008 by the film critic
Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans has been the film critic for ''The Nation'' since 1988. He also writes a column on the visual arts for ''The New York Daily News''.
Education
He obtained his degree from Yale University.
Awards and honors
He won the 2007 National M ...
for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', Downey recalled obtaining a camera and working with Bernewitz during the 1960s:
''Tales of Terror!''
With
Grant Geissman
Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for ''Monk'' and other TV series.
Career
Geissman was born i ...
, Bernewitz is the co-author of ''Tales of Terror! The EC Companion'' (
Gemstone Publishing
Gemstone Publishing is an American company that publishes comic book price guides. The company was formed by Diamond Comic Distributors President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Geppi in 1994 when he bought Overstreet.
Gemstone published licen ...
/
Fantagraphics Books, 2000). In ''Rambles'', Chet Williamson reviewed ''Tales of Terror!'':
Bernewitz compiled the original edition of ''The Complete EC Checklist'' (1955). The first index to
EC Comics
Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950 ...
, it has been reprinted several times with updates, and it served as a basis for ''Tales of Terror!'' For ''
Mad'' publisher Bill Gaines, he compiled three volumes of ''The Complete Mad Checklist'' (1961, 1964, 1970).
Fred von Bernewitz
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See also
*List of Entertaining Comics publications
Entertaining Comics, commonly known as EC Comics, was a major publisher of comic books in the 1940s and 1950s. The letters EC originally stood for Educational Comics. EC's ''Pre-Trend'' titles are those published by Max Gaines and his son William ...
References
External links
''Time'': "That Old Feeling": Richard Corliss on Fred von Bernewitz
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American non-fiction writers
Living people
1938 births
EC Comics
American film editors