George Amy
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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George Joseph Amy (October 15, 1903 – December 18, 1986) started his career aged 17 as an American film editor, finding his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. It was Amy's editing that was one of the main reasons Warners' films got their reputation for their fluid style and breakneck pace.

He was a favorite of such top Warners directors as Michael Curtiz and Howard Hawks, and won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Hawks' Air Force (1943). He received Oscar nominations for Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy in 1942 and Raoul Walsh's fanciful war film Objective, Burma! in 1945. Although Amy directed several shorts and a few features (including She Had to Say Yes) on his own for Warners, they didn't meet with much success. In the 1950s he turned to editing and directing for television.

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The Unlighted Road (1955)
Supervising Editor
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Editor
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Editor
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Editor
Clash by Night (1952)
Editor
The Lady Says No (1952)
Editor
The Blue Veil (1951)
Editor
Queen for a Day (1951)
Editor
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Editor
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Associate Producer
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Associate Producer
Life with Father (1947)
Editor
Cinderella Jones (1946)
Editor
Three Strangers (1946)
Editor
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Editor
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Editor
This Is the Army (1943)
Editor
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Editor
Air Force (1943)
Editor
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Editor
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Editor
Dive Bomber (1941)
Editor
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Editor
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Editor
The Letter (1940)
Editor
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Editor
Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
Director
Virginia City (1940)
Editor
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
Director
The Royal Rodeo (1939)
Director
Kid Nightingale (1939)
Director
Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)
Director
The Old Maid (1939)
Editor
Dodge City (1939)
Editor
Wings of the Navy (1939)
Editor
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Editor
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
Editor
Kid Galahad (1937)
Editor
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Editor
Captain Blood (1935)
Editor
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Editor
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
Editor
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Editor
He Was Her Man (1934)
Editor
Wonder Bar (1934)
Editor
Lady Killer (1933)
Editor
Footlight Parade (1933)
Editor
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Director | Editor
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Editor
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Editor
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Editor
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Editor
Doctor X (1932)
Editor
The Mouthpiece (1932)
Editor
The Ruling Voice (1931)
Editor
Those Who Dance (1930)
Editor
The Live Wire (1925)
Editor