Sam O'Steen
| Sam O'Steen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Samuel Alexander O'Steen November 6, 1923 Paragould, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 2000 (aged 76) Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film Editor |
| Years active | 1960–2000 |
| Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Editing (1968) The Graduate |
Samuel Alexander "Sam" O'Steen (November 6, 1923 – October 11, 2000) was an American film editor and director. He had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Mike Nichols, with whom he edited twelve films between 1966 and 1994. Among the notable films that O'Steen edited were Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (directed by Mike Nichols, 1966), Cool Hand Luke (directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1967), The Graduate (directed by Mike Nichols, 1967), Rosemary's Baby (directed by Roman Polanski, 1968), and Chinatown (directed by Roman Polanski, 1974). On a 2012 listing of the 75 best edited films of all time, compiled by the Motion Picture Editors Guild based on a survey of its members, both The Graduate and Chinatown appear.
O'Steen was born in Paragould, Arkansas. As a child in Burbank, California, he would try to make it onto the Warner Bros. lot hoping that it could be an entree to work in the editing room. He was finally able to secure a position as an assistant editor in 1956, when he became George Tomasini's assistant editor on Alfred Hitchcock's 1957 film The Wrong Man. As was typical at the time, he served as an assistant editor at Warner Brothers for eight years; his first credit as editor was on Youngblood Hawke (1964), which was directed by Delmer Daves.
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