Edward M. Abroms facts for kids

Edward M. Abroms (born May 6, 1935 – died February 13, 2018) was a very talented American film and TV editor. He won several awards for his work, including the prestigious Emmy Award.

Edward Abroms grew up in Hollywood, Los Angeles, a famous place for movies. He started studying film at the University of Southern California. But he soon left college to begin working at Republic Studios.

He became well-known for his amazing editing skills. He even worked with the famous director Steven Spielberg on shows like Night Gallery and the movie The Sugarland Express.

In 1984, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the movie Blue Thunder. This is one of the highest honors in filmmaking! He shared this nomination with Frank Morriss.

Abroms won Primetime Emmy Awards for editing My Sweet Charlie World Premiere in 1970 and Columbo NBC Mystery Movie in 1972. In 2006, he received a special award called the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. This award recognized his long and successful career in editing. He also directed episodes for the TV series The Eddie Capra Mysteries in the late 1970s.

Edward Abroms passed away on February 13, 2018, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82.

A Career in Film and TV

Edward Abroms started his career as an apprentice editor at Review Productions, which is now Universal Studios. Before that, he worked for a short time at Technicolor.

He got his first big chance to edit an episode of the TV show Tarzan in 1966. He then won his first Emmy Award in 1970 for editing the TV movie My Sweet Charlie. This movie was directed by Lamont Johnson and starred Patty Duke.

Edward Abroms also worked on many other films. He was the editor for the exciting thriller movie The Osterman Weekend in 1983.

Selected Filmography

Here are some of the movies Edward Abroms edited:

• 1983: Blue Thunder
• 1983: The Osterman Weekend
• 1992: Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
• 1994: Street Fighter
• Night Gallery