Alan Heim, ACE (born May 21, 1936) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for editing All That Jazz (1979).

Biography Heim was born in the Bronx, New York.

He has more than thirty feature-film credits to his name, and has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Heim has also served as President of the ACE organization and as President of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), the IATSE union that represents film editors, sound mixers and post-production craftspeople. American Cinema Editors (ACE) Official website Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) Official website

Heim had an extended collaboration with director Bob Fosse. For his work on All That Jazz (1979), Heim received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. All That Jazz is the fourth best-edited film of all time on a 2012 list compiled by the Motion Picture Editors Guild, and Edward Ländler wrote a summary of the editing for that listing.

Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes1968 The Sea Gull Sidney LumetFourth collaboration with Sidney Lumet 1970 Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsFifth collaboration with Sidney Lumet The Twelve ChairsMel BrooksSecond collaboration with Mel Brooks1971 DocFrank Perry1973 GodspellDavid Greene1974 LennyBob FosseFirst collaboration with Bob Fosse1976 NetworkSidney LumetSixth collaboration with Sidney Lumet 1979 HairMiloš FormanFirst collaboration with Miloš Forman All That JazzBob FosseSecond collaboration with Bob Fosse 1981 The FanEdward Bianchi So FineAndrew Bergman1983 Star 80Bob FosseThird collaboration with Bob Fosse 1985 Goodbye, New YorkAmos Kollek BeerPatrick Kelly 1988 She's Having a BabyJohn Hughes Funny FarmGeorge Roy Hill1989 ValmontMiloš FormanSecond collaboration with Miloš Forman1990 Quick Change1991 Billy BathgateRobert Benton1993 Dennis the MenaceNick Castle1995 CopycatJon Amiel1997 Leave It to BeaverAndy Cadiff1998 American History XTony Kaye2000 Bless the ChildChuck Russell2002 The Adventures of Pluto NashRon Underwood2003 CarolinaMarleen Gorris2004 The Notebook Nick CassavetesFirst collaboration with Nick Cassavetes2006 Alpha DogSecond collaboration with Nick Cassavetes2007 The Last MimzyRobert Shaye2009 My Sister's KeeperNick CassavetesThird collaboration with Nick Cassavetes2010 Janie JonesDavid M. Rosenthal2012 Bless Me, UltimaCarl Franklin2013 Gods Behaving BadlyMarc Turtletaub2014 The Other WomanNick CassavetesFourth collaboration with Nick Cassavetes2015 I Saw the LightMarc Abraham

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1989 Bloodhounds of BroadwayHoward BrooknerEditorial consultant1996 The Mirror Has Two FacesBarbra StreisandAdditional editor2004 The AlamoJohn Lee HancockAdditional film editor2008 Forever Plaid: The MovieStuart RossSupervising editor

+ Actor Year Film Director Role Notes1979 All That JazzBob FosseEddie2013 Return to BabylonAlex Monty CanawatiLandlordScenes deleted

+ Music department Year Film Director Role1966 The Fat SpyJoseph CatesMusic editor

+ Sound department Year Film Director Role Notes1964 The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet Sound editorFirst collaboration with Sidney Lumet 1966 The GroupSecond collaboration with Sidney Lumet The Fat SpyJoseph CatesSound effects editor1967 The ProducersMel Brooks Sound editorFirst collaboration with Mel Brooks 1968 Bye Bye BravermanSidney LumetThird collaboration with Sidney Lumet Rachel, RachelPaul Newman

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role2009 The Red MachineSpecial thanks

Documentaries

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1967 FestivalMurray LernerAssociate editor

+ Producer Year Film Director Credit2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingWendy AppleExecutive producer: TCEP

+ Sound department Year Film Director Role1965 The Eleanor Roosevelt StoryRichard KaplanSound effects editor

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role2009 It Takes a CultEric JohannsenThanks2017 The Fabulous Allan CarrJeffrey SchwarzSpecial thanks

TV documentaries

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role2005 Pretty ThingsLiz GoldwynSupervising editor

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director1975 The SilenceJoseph Hardy1978 HolocaustMarvin J. Chomsky1986 Nobody's ChildLee Grant1999 Introducing Dorothy DandridgeMartha Coolidge2008 Skip TracerStephen Frears2009 Grey GardensMichael Sucsy

TV series

+ Editor Year Title Notes1978 Holocaust2 episodes

+ Music department Year Title Role Notes1963−64 East Side West Side Music editor13 episodes1964 Mr. Broadway2 episodes

+ Sound department Year Title Role Notes1963 The NursesSound effectsSound effects editor5 episodes1963−64 East Side West SideSound editorSound effects editorSound mixer8 episodes1964 Mr. BroadwaySound effects editor2 episodes1966 ABC Stage 67Sound editor1 episode

TV specials

+ Editor Year Film Director Notes1972 Liza with a ZBob FosseConcert film

Awards and nominations 2012 - CameraImage Special Award - Lifetime Achievement award "Editor with Unique Visual Sensitivity" 2010 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television" - Grey Gardens (2009) (Shared with editor Lee Percy) 2009 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie" -Grey Gardens (2009) (shared with editor Lee Percy) 2000 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner - "Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television" - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 2000 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1981 - BAFTA Award winner - "Best Editing" - All That Jazz 1980 - Academy Award winner - "Best Film Editing" - All That Jazz 1980 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award winner "Best Edited Feature Film" - All That Jazz 1979 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee - "Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series" - Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, and Brian Smedley-Aston) 1978 - BAFTA Award nomination - "Best Film Editing" - Network 1978 - Primetime Emmy Winner - "Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Holocaust TV series (shared with editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, and Brian Smedley-Aston) 1977 - Academy Award nomination "Best Film Editing" - Network 1977 - American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie award nominee "Best Edited Feature Film" - Network 1973 - Primetime Emmy Nomination - "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special or Feature Length Program of a Series" Liza with a Z (1972)

See also List of film director and editor collaborations

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