William Steinkamp

William Steinkamp
Born	(1953-06-09) June 9, 1953
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1977–present

William Steinkamp (born June 9, 1953) is an American film editor with more than 20 film credits. He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from Tootsie (1982) through the director's last film, The Interpreter (2005).

Career

Steinkamp's first credits are as an assistant editor to his father, Fredric Steinkamp, on two of Pollack's films in the late 1970s. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most of Pollack's films with his father; after his father's retirement in 1995, William Steinkamp became Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005. Steinkamp has edited several of director Gary Fleder's films, from Kiss the Girls (1997) through The Express (2008).

Awards

Steinkamp has been nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for editing two films directed by Pollack, Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985); Fredric Steinkamp was also nominated for these films. He was again nominated as sole editor for The Fabulous Baker Boys (directed by Steve Kloves, 1989). He has been nominated for ACE Eddie awards for editing Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1985), and Scent of a Woman (directed by Martin Brest - 1992).

Steinkamp has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors.

Filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1980	Hide in Plain Sight	James Caan
1981	King of the Mountain	Noel Nosseck
1982	Tootsie	Sydney Pollack	Second collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1984	Against All Odds	Taylor Hackford	First collaboration with Taylor Hackford
1985	White Nights		Second collaboration with Taylor Hackford
	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack	Third collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1987	Burglar	Hugh Wilson
	Adventures in Babysitting	Chris Columbus
1988	Scrooged	Richard Donner
1989	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Steve Kloves
1990	Havana	Sydney Pollack	Fourth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1992	Man Trouble	Bob Rafelson
	Scent of a Woman	Martin Brest
1993	The Firm	Sydney Pollack	Fifth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1996	Heaven's Prisoners	Phil Joanou
	A Time to Kill	Joel Schumacher
1997	Kiss the Girls	Gary Fleder	First collaboration with Gary Fleder
1998	Goodbye Lover	Roland Joffé
1999	Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan
	Random Hearts	Sydney Pollack	Sixth collaboration with Sydney Pollack
2001	Heartbreakers	David Mirkin
	Don't Say a Word	Gary Fleder	Second collaboration with Gary Fleder
2003	Runaway Jury		Third collaboration with Gary Fleder
2005	The Interpreter	Sydney Pollack	Seventh collaboration with Sydney Pollack
2007	August Rush	Kirsten Sheridan
2008	The Express: The Ernie Davis Story	Gary Fleder	Fourth collaboration with Gary Fleder
2010	Casino Jack	George Hickenlooper
2012	The Courier	Hany Abu-Assad
	Freaky Deaky	Charles Matthau
	A Dark Truth	Damian Lee	First collaboration with Damian Lee
2013	Breakout		Second collaboration with Damian Lee
2014	A Fighting Man		Third collaboration with Damian Lee
	After	Pieter Gaspersz
2017	The Shack	Stuart Hazeldine
2021	Mixtape	Valerie Weiss

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1977	Bobby Deerfield	Sydney Pollack	Assistant editor	First collaboration with Sydney Pollack
1978	Fedora	Billy Wilder
2013	Girl on a Bicycle	Jeremy Leven	Additional editor

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
2017	The Shack	Stuart Hazeldine	Co-producer

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1986	Back to School	Alan Metter	The producers wish to thank
1999	A Walk on the Moon	Tony Goldwyn

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

External links

• William Steinkamp at IMDb