Summary
Aaron Stell (March 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was an American film editor with one hundred feature film credits and many additional credits for his television work. Stell worked for more than a decade at the start of his career at Columbia Pictures (1943–1955 credits), which was a major Hollywood studio in that era. Among his most noted films are Touch of Evil (directed by Orson Welles-1958), To Kill a Mockingbird (directed by Robert Mulligan-1962), and Silent Running (directed by Douglas Trumbull-1972).[1][2][3]
Aaron Stell | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 26, 1911 |
| Died | January 7, 1996 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Touch of Evil, which was directed by Orson Welles, proved difficult for Stell; he was not the initial editor but instead chosen for re-editing, and he noted that Welles became "ill, depressed, and unhappy with the studio's impatience" in the process.[4]
Stell had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. He was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Eddie award for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). He was also nominated for Eddies for his television work on an episode of Ben Casey (1961) and on the mini-series Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). In 1996 he shared the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award with Desmond Marquette.
Stell died in Los Angeles at age 84.[5]
Selected filmography edit
- Prison Ship (1945)
- Terror Trail (1946)
- Blondie Knows Best (1946)
- The Son of Rusty (1947)
- The Last Round-up (1947)
- Sport of Kings (1947)
- Customs Agent (1950)
- Beauty on Parade (1950)
- Gasoline Alley (1951)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
References edit
- ^ John Howard Reid (2005). Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties. Lulu.com. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1-4116-3524-1.
- ^ "BFI profile: Aaron Stell". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.
- ^ Kermode, Mark (2014). Silent Running. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 59. ISBN 9781844578344.
The finished sequence, which relies on Schikele's intelligently counterpoised score, is a masterclass in editing, with Aaron Stell moving deftly between detailed close-ups of the mechanical arms and intense shots of Dern's pained and sometimes terrified reaction ....
- ^ Charles Higham (8 March 2004). The Films of Orson Welles. University of California Press. pp. 150–151. GGKEY:9FNTB9F9DXZ.
- ^ "STELL, Aaron age 84". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1996. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
External links edit
- Aaron Stell at IMDb