# George Folsey Jr.

George Joseph Folsey Jr. (January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024) was an American film producer, editor, and assistant director.

## Life and career

Folsey was born in Los Angeles on January 17, 1939, the son of George J. Folsey. He was educated at Pomona College.
Folsey began his career at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, before moving into film. He frequently worked with director John Landis in the 1980s. In 1987, he was acquitted in a manslaughter case brought over the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children in a helicopter accident on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Folsey and his wife, Belinda, had two children. He died from pneumonia in Los Angeles on December 29, 2024, at the age of 85.
At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.

## Significant collaborations
### With John Landis

Folsey Jr. edited or co-edited six Landis films: all productions from Schlock (1973) to The Blues Brothers (1980), Thriller and Coming to America. Folsey produced eleven films directed or co-directed by Landis (Schlock, The Blues Brothers, all films from An American Werewolf in London to Coming to America). He was also second unit director on Landis' Trading Places, Into the Night and Three Amigos projects. His son, editor Ryan Folsey appeared in Landis's first feature film Schlock. Folsey's name is mentioned in a scene in Trading Places when Louis Winthorpe gives his coat to the coat attendant and says "Good morning, Folsey."

## Selected filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1972 | Glass Houses | Alexander Singer | |
| 1972 | Bone | Larry Cohen | First collaboration with Larry Cohen |
| 1972 | Hammer | Bruce D. Clark | |
| 1973 | Black Caesar | Larry Cohen | Second collaboration with Larry Cohen |
| 1973 | Schlock | John Landis | First collaboration with John Landis |
| 1973 | Trader Horn | Reza Badiyi | |
| 1975 | Bucktown | Arthur Marks | First collaboration with Arthur Marks |
| 1976 | Tracks | Henry Jaglom | |
| 1976 | J. D.'s Revenge | Arthur Marks | Second collaboration with Arthur Marks |
| 1976 | Norman... Is That You? | George Schlatter | |
| 1977 | The Kentucky Fried Movie | John Landis | Second collaboration with John Landis |
| 1977 | The Chicken Chronicles | Frank Simon | |
| 1978 | Animal House | John Landis | Third collaboration with John Landis |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | John Landis | Fourth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1981 | Sourdough | Martin J. Spinelli | |
| 1988 | Coming to America | John Landis | Twelfth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1996 | Bulletproof | Ernest Dickerson | |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Michael Ray Rhodes | |
| 1998 | Dirty Work | Bob Saget | |
| 1999 | Goosed | Aleta Chappelle | |
| 2003 | Basic | John McTiernan | |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Shawn Levy | First collaboration with Shawn Levy |
| 2004 | The Kings of Brooklyn | Lance Lane | |
| 2005 | Hostel | Eli Roth | Second collaboration with Eli Roth |
| 2005 | The Ringer | Barry W. Blaustein | |
| 2006 | The Pink Panther | Shawn Levy | Second collaboration with Shawn Levy |
| 2006 | Unaccompanied Minors | Paul Feig | |
| 2006 | Pledge This! | William HeinsStrathford Hamilton | |
| 2007 | Hostel: Part II | Eli Roth | Third collaboration with Eli Roth |
| 2007 | The Gray Man | Scott Flynn | |
| 2008 | Sex Drive | Sean Anders | |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | Steve Pink | |
| 2012 | Freeloaders | Dan Rosen | |
| 2014 | My Sister | David Lascher | |
| 2014 | Dead Within | Ben Wagner | |
| 2015 | Chain of Command | Kevin Carraway | |
| 2015 | Clarity | Peyv Raz | |
| 2015 | The Wicked Within | Jay Alaimo | |
| 2021 | Death Link | David Lipper | First collaboration with David Lipper |
| 2021 | Just Swipe | Elizabeth Blake-Thomas | |
| 2022 | Wolf Mountain | David Lipper | Second collaboration with David Lipper |
| 2024 | Summer Rain | Josiah David Warren | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Portrait of a Hitman | Allan A. Buckhantz | Supervising editor | |
| 1979 | The Great Santini | Lewis John Carlino | Consulting editor | |
| 2001 | Super Troopers | Jay Chandrasekhar | Additional editor | First collaboration with Jay Chandrasekhar |
| 2007 | Love and Mary | Elizabeth Harrison | Supervising editor | |
| 2008 | Igor | Tony Leondis | Additional editor | |
Actor :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Trading Places | John Landis | Extra | Uncredited |
Additional crew :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1972 | Glass Houses | Alexander Singer | Camera operator |
Cinematographer :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1972 | Glass Houses | Alexander Singer |
Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit | Notes |
| 1972 | Glass Houses | Alexander Singer | Producer | |
| 1973 | Schlock | John Landis | Executive producer | |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | John Landis | Associate producer | |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | Producer | Fifth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1983 | Trading Places | John Landis | Executive producer | Sixth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | John Landis | Associate producer | Prologue / "Time Out" segmentSeventh collaboration with John Landis |
| 1985 | Into the Night | John Landis | Producer | Eighth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1985 | Spies Like Us | John Landis | Producer | Ninth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1985 | Clue | Jonathan Lynn | Executive producer | First collaboration with Jonathan Lynn |
| 1986 | Three Amigos | John Landis | Producer | Tenth collaboration with John Landis |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Joe DanteCarl GottliebPeter HortonJohn LandisRobert K. Weiss | Executive producer | Eleventh collaboration with John Landis |
| 1988 | Coming to America | John Landis | Producer | |
| 1993 | The Thing Called Love | Peter Bogdanovich | Executive producer | |
| 1994 | Greedy | Jonathan Lynn | Executive producer | Second collaboration with Jonathan Lynn |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Howard Deutch | Co-producer | |
| 2014 | Dead Within | Ben Wagner | Producer | |
| 2020 | Reboot Camp | Ivo Raza | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | Death Link | David Lipper | Executive producer | |
Second unit director or assistant director :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1983 | Trading Places | John Landis | Second unit director |
| 1985 | Into the Night | John Landis | Second unit director |
| 1986 | Three Amigos | John Landis | Second unit director |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Cabin Fever | Eli Roth | Very special thanks | First collaboration with Eli Roth |
| 2004 | Club Dread | Jay Chandrasekhar | Thanks | Second collaboration with Jay Chandrasekhar |
| 2008 | The Rainbow Tribe | Christopher R. Watson | Very special thanks | |
| 2011 | Cellmates | Jesse Baget | Special thanks | |

### Direct-to-video films

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2006 | Pledge This! | William HeinsStrathford Hamilton |
| 2011 | Hostel: Part III | Scott Spiegel |

### Documentaries

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1977 | Exploring the Unknown | Alan Neuman |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1970 | Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Denis Sanders | Associate film editor |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2004 | Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen | Michael Palm | Thanks |

### Shorts

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2007 | Thanksgiving | Eli Roth |
| 2007 | Latchkey's Lament | Troy Nixey |
| 2008 | Hole in the Paper Sky | Bill Purple |
| 2010 | Despair | Alex Prager |
| 2016 | One World | Julien Seri |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2000 | The Right Hook | Luke Greenfield | Additional editor |

### Television films

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1977 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Robert Scheerer |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Ján Kadár |

### Television pilots

Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 2003 | Fargo | Kathy Bates | Producer |

### Television series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1967 | The Monkees | 1 episode |
| 1973−74 | Shaft | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | 2 episodes |

### Television shorts

Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 1971 | Red, Red, Freckled | Leonid Nosyrev | Producer |

### Television specials

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1968 | Here's Peggy Fleming | Robert Scheerer |
| 2011 | Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV | Wendy Liebman |