# Fredric Steinkamp

Fredric Steinkamp (August 22, 1928 – February 20, 2002) was an American film editor with more than 40 film credits. He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) through Sabrina (1995).
Steinkamp began his career working part-time in the sound department of the MGM Studios. He became an assistant editor at MGM, and worked for Adrienne Fazan, Ralph E. Winters, Jack Dunning, and Harold F. Kress. Kress recommended Steinkamp as the editor for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1960), which was Steinkamp's first editing credit. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most films with his son, William Steinkamp; after 1995, William Steinkamp became Sydney Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005.
Steinkamp won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Grand Prix (directed by John Frankenheimer, 1966). He was nominated for the Academy Award for editing four films directed by Pollack: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985). All of these films had co-editors, including his son William Steinkamp for the last two. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He was nominated for ACE Eddie awards for editing The Unsinkable Molly Brown (directed by Charles Walters - 1964), Grand Prix (1966), Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985).
In 2001 Steinkamp received the Career Achievement Award of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).

## Filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1960 | Where the Boys Are | Henry Levin | |
| 1961 | Two Loves | Charles Walters | First collaboration with Charles Walters |
| 1962 | All Fall Down | John Frankenheimer | First collaboration with John Frankenheimer |
| 1962 | Period of Adjustment | George Roy Hill | |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Norman Taurog | |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Peter Tewksbury | First collaboration with Peter Tewksbury |
| 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Charles Walters | Second collaboration with Charles Walters |
| 1964 | Quick, Before It Melts | Delbert Mann | First collaboration with Delbert Mann |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Ralph Nelson | First collaboration with Ralph Nelson |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo | Ralph Nelson | Second collaboration with Ralph Nelson |
| 1966 | Mister Buddwing | Delbert Mann | Second collaboration with Delbert Mann |
| 1967 | Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! | Peter Tewksbury | Second collaboration with Peter Tewksbury |
| 1968 | Charly | Ralph Nelson | Third collaboration with Ralph Nelson |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | John Frankenheimer | Third collaboration with John Frankenheimer |
| 1969 | Midas Run | Alf Kjellin | |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Sydney Pollack | First collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1970 | The Strawberry Statement | Stuart Hagmann | |
| 1971 | A New Leaf | Elaine May | |
| 1971 | The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker | Lawrence Turman | |
| 1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon | Elliot Silverstein | |
| 1974 | Freebie and the Bean | Richard Rush | |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Sydney Pollack | Fourth collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1978 | Fedora | Billy Wilder | |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | James Caan | |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | Fifth collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Taylor Hackford | First collaboration with Taylor Hackford |
| 1985 | White Nights | Taylor Hackford | Second collaboration with Taylor Hackford |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Sydney Pollack | Sixth collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1987 | Burglar | Hugh Wilson | |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Chris Columbus | |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Richard Donner | |
| 1990 | Havana | Sydney Pollack | Seventh collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1993 | Blood In Blood Out | Taylor Hackford | Third collaboration with Taylor Hackford |
| 1993 | The Firm | Sydney Pollack | Eighth collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Sydney Pollack | Ninth collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Imitation General | George Marshall | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | Supervising editor | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Grand Prix | John Frankenheimer | Supervising editor | Second collaboration with John Frankenheimer |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | Sydney Pollack | Supervising film editor | Second collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Sydney Pollack | Supervising editor | Third collaboration with Sydney Pollack |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Mark Rydell | Supervising film editor | |
Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 1971 | The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker | Lawrence Turman | Associate producer |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1986 | Back to School | Alan Metter | The producers wish to thank |