In Memoriam

AUGUST 15, 1922 — JANUARY 2, 2024 A renaissance man. A gentleman. A portrait in dignity. This is how Academy Award-winning sound effects editor Peter Berkos — who passed away …

“Sue was so smart, and she embraced the beauty of life even in the face of her diagnosis, and I just adored her for that.”

Henry died on January 14 at the age of 67 in Los Angeles, where she had lived her entire life. She is remembered among her many colleagues not just for …

NOVEMBER 15, 1930 – OCTOBER 22, 2023 Ralph Martin passed away in October, just shy of 93 years old. He was a fast walker and the first to give a …

JANUARY 23, 1940 – NOVEMBER 8, 2023 It is with an extremely heavy heart we announce the passing of our treasured friend and former ACE board member, Doug Ibold, ACE. …

For director Robert Zemeckis, Schmidt was the editor of, among other classic films, the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), “Forrest Gump” (1994), and “Contact” (1997). He won …

He spoke of going to see the Fellini film “La Strada” and staying to see it a second time.  He had never seen a film like it and it affected …

By Stav Birnbaum   Elisha Birnbaum, a movie Foley artist turned owner of Sound One — the premier East Coast post-production sound studio that produced the audio of hundreds of …

MARCH 9, 1925 – FEB. 16, 2023 Ellen Hovde, an acclaimed documentarian who was a member of the Editors Guild for more than 50 years, died on Feb. 16 in …

JAN. 13, 1990 – NOV. 24, 2022 Assistant editor Gregory J. Hoopingarner, 32, formerly of North Canton, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022, in North Hollywood, California. He …