Michael Luciano
| Michael Luciano | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael A. Luciano May 2, 1909 McAdoo, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 15, 1992 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | film and television editor |
Michael Luciano (May 2, 1909 – September 15, 1992) was an American film and television editor with about forty feature film credits and many additional credits for television programs. From 1954 to 1977, Luciano edited 20 (nearly all) of the films directed, and often produced, by Robert Aldrich. Aldrich was a prolific and independent maker of popular films "who depicted corruption and evil unflinchingly, and pushed limits on violence throughout his career." Their early collaboration, the film noir Kiss Me Deadly (1955), was entered into the US National Film Registry in 1999; the unusual editing of the film has been noted by several critics. Luciano's work with Aldrich was recognized by four Academy Award nominations, for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964),The Flight of the Phoenix (1965),The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences never recognized Aldrich himself.
Nothing appears to have been published about Luciano's early career and education. In the era of the Hollywood studio system and the "Big Five" studios, Luciano's credits are for films produced by smaller companies. His first credit is as the editor of The Luck of Roaring Camp, a 1937 film produced by Monogram Pictures, which was a "Poverty Row" studio. He edited Gang War (1940), which was produced by Million Dollar Productions. His last credit before the US entry into World War II was apparently for Meet the Chump (1941).
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