---
name: "Evan A. Lottman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/evan-a-lottman"
fi1m_id: "evan-a-lottman"
imdb_id: "nm0521554"
tmdb_id: 57925
wikidata_id: "Q1283819"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 March 1931"
died: "25 September 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:41:00.699835+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Evan A. Lottman

## Identity

Evan A. Lottman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/evan-a-lottman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** evan-a-lottman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0521554
- **TMDB ID:** 57925
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1283819
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_A._Lottman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1283819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57925

Editor. Born 20 March 1931 in New York City. Died 25 September 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 March 1931, New York City
- **Died:** 25 September 2001
- **Active:** 1973–1990
- **Also known as:** Evan Lottman
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (2), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $802m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_A._Lottman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1283819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57925

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Presumed Innocent*](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Evan A. Lottman (1931–2001) was an American film editor. Born in the Bronx, New York City, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps, studied at Kenyon College and the University of Southern California, and began his career editing television documentaries in New York before moving into feature films.

He collaborated frequently with directors Jerry Schatzberg and Alan J. Pakula. His credits include *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), *The Exorcist* (1973), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, *Apocalypse Now* (1979, additional editing), *Sophie's Choice* (1982), and *Presumed Innocent* (1990). He also taught film editing at Columbia University.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Fi1m 92, as Soldier (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thinner* (1996), as Additional Editing
- *Reunion* (1994), Editor
- *Guilty as Sin* (1993), Editor
- *The Public Eye* (1992), Editor
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), Editor
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)
- *Forced March* (1989), Editor
- *See You in the Morning* (1989), Editor
- *Gotham* (1988), Editor
- *Orphans* (1987), Editor
- *Maximum Overdrive* (1986), Editor
- *The Protector* (1985), Editor
- *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), Editor
- *Sophie's Choice* (1982), Editor
- *Rollover* (1981), Editor
- *The Day the Women Got Even* (1980), Editor
- *The Pilot* (1980), Editor
- *Honeysuckle Rose* (1980), Editor
- *The Seduction of Joe Tynan* (1979), Editor
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), as Soldier (uncredited), Additional Editing — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *On the Yard* (1978), Editor
- *Sweet Revenge* (1976), as Bailiff · Editor
- *Bride to Be* (1975), Editor
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *Scarecrow* (1973), Editor
- *The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds* (1972), Editor
- *The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope* (1972), Editor, Associate Producer
- *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), Editor
- *Puzzle of a Downfall Child* (1970), Editor
- *The Man from O.R.G.Y.* (1970), Editor
- *Railroad Man* (1967), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1974: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Exorcist*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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