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Alan Howard Balsam (2 April 1950 – 13 November 1992) was an American film editor.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

Alan Balsam was born in Los Angeles. He attended California State University.^[1]

Career

Balsam began his career editing short commercials and films, before working as an assistant editor on the TV documentary Heroes of Rock and Roll in 1979. A year later, he took on his first solo editing project with the comedy Loose Shoes, which featured Bill Murray in a supporting role. He went on to edit comedies such as Revenge of the Nerds, One Crazy Summer and Moving in Reverse.^[1]^[2]

Balsam died from AIDS on November 13, 1992.^[1] His partner, Stephen Schneider, subsequently founded the Alan Balsam Fund, which focused on facilitating the exchange of experiences among those affected by AIDS.^[3]

Filmography

1979: Heroes of Rock and Roll
1980: Loose Shoes
1981: Dead & Buried
1983: To Be or Not to Be
1984: Revenge of the Nerds
1985: Better Off Dead
1986: One Crazy Summer
1988: Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988: Moving
1989: Harlem Nights
1990: Why Me?
1991: Born to Ride
1992: A League of Their Own
1994: Car 54, Where Are You?

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Alan H. Balsam; Film Editor, 42". The New York Times. 1992-11-20. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
^ "TCM". archive.ph. September 11, 2012.
^ "PDF file from bcc-la.org" (PDF). bcc-la.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2024-09-06.

[auto-1] "Alan H. Balsam; Film Editor, 42". The New York Times. 1992-11-20. Retrieved 2024-09-06.

[2] "TCM". archive.ph. September 11, 2012.

[3] "PDF file from bcc-la.org" (PDF). bcc-la.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2024-09-06.

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