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name: "Edward M. Abroms"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 May 1935"
died: "13 February 2018"
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# Edward M. Abroms

Director. Born 6 May 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 13 February 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 May 1935, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 13 February 2018
- **Active:** 1971–1973
- **Also known as:** Ed Abroms, Edward Abroms
- **Works often with:** Jeannot Szwarc, Jerrold L. Ludwig, Leo Penn, Peter S. Fischer, Ronald LaVine

## Biography

Edward M. Abroms (1935–2018) was an American film editor and television director. Born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles, he studied film at the University of Southern California before leaving to work at Republic Studios and later as an apprentice editor at Universal.

Abroms directed episodes of *Columbo* (1971), including 'Short Fuse' (1972) and 'The Most Dangerous Match' (1973), as well as episodes of series such as *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), *Kojak* (1973), *CHiPs* (1977) and *Night Gallery* (1970). He also edited numerous television episodes and feature films, including *The Sugarland Express* (1974) for Steven Spielberg, and received an Academy Award nomination for *Blue Thunder* (1983).

He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for editing, one for the 1970 television film *My Sweet Charlie* and one for *Columbo* in 1972. In 2006 he received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Director
- *CHiPs* (1977), Director
- *Night Gallery* (1970), Director
- *Man from Atlantis* (1977), Director
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), Director
- *Cannon* (1971), Director

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