Frank Santillo Explained
| Frank Santillo |
| Birth Date: | October 8, 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Dawson, New Mexico |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Film editor |
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Frank Santillo (October 8, 1912 – June 30, 1978) was an American film editor who won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Grand Prix in 1966. He was an associate of Slavko Vorkapich and Peter Ballbusch at MGM during the 1930s and 1940s and was known for his creative montage work. He was under contract as an editor at MGM from 1956 to 1966.[1] He worked with director Sam Peckinpah on three films, and was interviewed at length about the production of Ride the High Country (1962).[2]
He died in his sleep in Los Angeles.[3]
Further reading
- Book: Hoggan, Michael . The Art and Craft of Motion Picture Editing . 2 . Routledge . 2021 . 9781000485264 . Hoggan notes Santillo's editing of The Outrage (1964) as an example of presenting a single event in a film using the differing perspectives of witnesses; the film was an adaptation of the earlier film Rashomon (1950).
Notes and References
- Book: Finler, Joel W. . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Second . Mandarin . 231 . 0-7493-0637-8 . 921016078 .
- Book: Simmons, Garner . Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage . 52 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 2004 . 9781617744495 . In addition to Ride the High Country, Santillo edited The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) and Junior Bonner (1972).
- . July 12, 1978 . 79 . Obituaries.
