Edward M. Abroms (May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018) was an American film editor and TV director.
Abroms was born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He studied film at the University of Southern California before dropping out to go to work at Republic Studios.
Abroms was nominated at the 56th Academy Awards for his work on the film Blue Thunder in the category of Academy Award for Best Film Editing, his nomination was shared with Frank Morriss.
Abroms worked with American film director Steven Spielberg on Night Gallery and The Sugarland Express and was bestowed the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2006.
Abroms received Primetime Emmy Awards for editing the My Sweet Charlie World Premiere in 1970 and the Columbo NBC Mystery Movie in 1972Emmys.com He shared the 2006 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. He also directed for the 1978-1979 NBC television series The Eddie Capra Mysteries.
On February 13, 2018, Abroms died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California. He was 82.
Abroms also worked as an editor in Sam Peckinpah’s suspense thriller film The Osterman Weekend (1983).
Career Abroms had joined Review Productions (present Universal Studios) as an apprentice editor after a short stint at Technicolor. He later got an opportunity to edit the 1966 episode of NBC's Tarzan, which had featured Ron Ely. He earned his first Emmy Award for the 1970 NBC telefilm My Sweet Charlie, directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Patty Duke.
Personal life Abroms married Colleen, with whom he had three children.
Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes 1970 Tarzan's Deadly SilenceRobert L. Friend 1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy Lamont JohnsonFirst collaboration with Lamont Johnson You'll Like My MotherSecond collaboration with Lamont Johnson1974 The Sugarland ExpressSteven Spielberg 1983 Blue ThunderJohn Badham The Osterman WeekendSam Peckinpah1987 Cherry 2000Steve De Jarnatt 1988 Plain ClothesMartha Coolidge Cohen and TateEric Red1994 Street FighterSteven E. de Souza1997 T.N.T.Robert Radler
+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1985 The Jewel of the NileLewis TeagueAdditional editor
TV movies
+ Editor Year Film Director1969 Night Gallery 1970 My Sweet CharlieLamont Johnson Dial Hot LineJerry Thorpe Berlin AffairDavid Lowell Rich 1971 Ransom for a Dead ManRichard Irving Lock, Stock and BarrelJerry Thorpe The Impatient HeartJohn Badham1972 That Certain SummerLamont Johnson1973 SavageSteven Spielberg1979 Diary of a Teenage HitchhikerTed Post1981 The Patricia Neal Story1984 The GuardianDavid Greene1986 Florida StraitsMike Hodges1988 Glory DaysRobert Conrad1989 NightlifeDaniel Taplitz 1990 Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. ColumboVincent McEveety Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501Philip Saville 1991 Aftermath: A Test of LoveGlenn Jordan Payoff Stuart Cooper One Special Victory1992 Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop DriveJohn Patterson1993 Taking the HeatTom Mankiewicz
+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1982 The Executioner's SongLawrence SchillerEditorial consultant
+ Director Year Film1975 The Impostor 1978 The Case of the Baltimore Girls The $100,000 Bill1980 The Sultan and the Rock Star
+ Producer Year Film Director Credit1991 One Special VictoryStuart CooperAssociate producer
TV series
+ Editor Year Title Notes 1968 Untamed World1 episode1966−68 Tarzan14 episodes1968−69 Ironside4 episodes 1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors 1 episode Night Gallery 1970 It Takes a Thief The Virginian1971 Columbo 2 episodes1975 Ellery Queen1987 Jake and the Fatman1 episode
+ Director Year Title Notes1972 Alias Smith and Jones 1 episode 1973 Night Gallery McMillan & Wife Griff 2 episodes1972−73 Columbo 1974 Doc Elliot 1 episode The Rookies Get Christie Love! 1975 Apple's Way Archer Cannon1973−75 Police Story2 episodes1975−76 Doctors' Hospital4 episodes 1976 Ellery Queen1 episode Switch2 episodes 1977 The Feather & Father Gang 1 episode CHiPs Man from Atlantis The Six Million Dollar Man2 episodes1976−78 Kojak4 episodes 1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 1 episode ABC Weekend Special The Eddie Capra Mysteries 2 episodes1978−79 David Cassidy: Man Undercover 1979 Mrs. Columbo 1 episode Hawaii Five-O Salvage 12 episodes Doctors' Private Lives4 episodes 1980 The Chisholms2 episodes Disney's Wonderful World1 episode1981 Nero Wolfe3 episodes1985 Murder, She Wrote1 episode
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