Awards & Winners

George Amy

Date of Birth 15-October-1903
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as George Joseph Amy, George J. Amy
Profession Film Editor, Film Director, Television Producer, Television Editor
George Amy started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace. He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force. He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features on his own for Warners, they didn't meet with much success. In the 1950s he turned to editing and directing for television.

Awards by George Amy

Check all the awards nominated and won by George Amy.

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Film Editing Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
For episode \"The Roman and the Renegade\"

1945


Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Objective, Burma!

1943


Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Honored for : Air Force

Nominations 1943 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Air Force

1942


Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Yankee Doodle Dandy