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name: "Gerald Shepard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerald-shepard"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "14 October 1925"
died: "10 May 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:18:31.145232+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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# Gerald Shepard

Editor. Born 14 October 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 10 May 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 14 October 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 10 May 2008
- **Also known as:** Jerry Shepard, Gerald S. Shepard

## Biography

Gerald Shepard was a film and television editor. He co-edited *Five Easy Pieces* (1970) and worked as editor on eleven episodes of the television series *The Monkees* (1966–1968). He also served as associate producer on the series and directed two episodes.

Shepard began his career in the 1960s. He directed, produced and wrote the screenplay for *Heroes Die Young* (1960). Later credits include editing the television movies *Blood Sport* (1973), *Roll, Freddy, Roll!* (1974) and *Christmas Comes to Willow Creek* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)

## Also known for

- *The Monkees* (1966), Director, Editor

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