---
name: "Fredric Steinkamp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fredric-steinkamp"
fi1m_id: "fredric-steinkamp"
imdb_id: "nm0826114"
tmdb_id: 10640
wikidata_id: "Q473475"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "22 August 1928"
died: "20 February 2002"
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average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T23:01:33.943613+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."
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# Fredric Steinkamp

## Identity

Fredric Steinkamp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fredric-steinkamp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fredric-steinkamp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0826114
- **TMDB ID:** 10640
- **Wikidata ID:** Q473475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Steinkamp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10640

Editor. Born 22 August 1928 in Los Angeles. Died 20 February 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 22 August 1928, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 20 February 2002
- **Active:** 1971–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Sydney Pollack](https://film.one/person/sydney-pollack.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 4 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 1980s 68 (3), 1990s 71 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Romance 3, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $782m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Steinkamp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10640

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tootsie*](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md) (85)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Firm*](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor. He began his career in the sound department at MGM Studios and received his first editing credit on *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1960). He worked as a full-time editor at the studio from 1959 to 1967 and later edited more than 40 films.

Steinkamp had a long collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of his films from *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969) to *Sabrina* (1995). From 1980 he frequently co-edited with his son William Steinkamp. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Grand Prix* (1966) and received Oscar nominations for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), *Tootsie* (1982) and *Out of Africa* (1985). He was awarded the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2001.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Firm* (1993), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Tootsie* (1982), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Fi1m 80, Supervising Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Sabrina* (1995), Editor
- *The Firm* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Bound by Honor* (1993), Editor
- *Havana* (1990), Editor
- *The Old Man and the Sea* (1990), Editor
- *Scrooged* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Adventures in Babysitting* (1987), Editor
- *Burglar* (1987), Editor
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *White Nights* (1985), Editor
- *Against All Odds* (1984), Editor
- *Tootsie* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Hide in Plain Sight* (1980), Editor
- *Fedora* (1978), Editor
- *Bobby Deerfield* (1977), Editor
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Supervising Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)
- *The Yakuza* (1974), Editor
- *Freebie and the Bean* (1974), Editor
- *Nightmare Honeymoon* (1974), Editor
- *Thursday's Game* (1974), Editor
- *Haunts of the Very Rich* (1972), Editor
- *The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker* (1971), Associate Producer, Editor
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), Editor
- *The Extraordinary Seaman* (1969), Editor
- *Midas Run* (1969), Editor
- *Charly* (1968), Editor
- *Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!* (1967), Editor
- *Grand Prix* (1966), Editor
- *Mister Buddwing* (1966), Editor
- *Duel at Diablo* (1966), Editor
- *Once a Thief* (1965), Editor
- *Quick, Before It Melts* (1965), Editor
- *The Unsinkable Molly Brown* (1964), Editor
- *Sunday in New York* (1963), Editor
- *It Happened at the World's Fair* (1963), Editor
- *Period of Adjustment* (1962), Editor
- *All Fall Down* (1962), Editor
- *Two Loves* (1961), Editor
- *Where the Boys Are* (1960), Editor
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1960), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 4 nominated

- 1986: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Out of Africa*
- 1983: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Tootsie*
- 1976: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Three Days of the Condor*
- 1970: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?*
- 1967: Best Film Editing (won), for *Grand Prix*

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

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