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name: "Hugh A. Robertson"
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born: "28 May 1932"
died: "10 January 1988"
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# Hugh A. Robertson

Editor. Born 28 May 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 10 January 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 28 May 1932, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 January 1988
- **Active:** 1965–1969
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_A._Robertson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731867/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6571

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md) (85)

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## Biography

Hugh A. Robertson (1932–1988) was an American film editor and director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jamaican parents, he became one of the first African American members of the Motion Picture Editors Union (IATSE Local 771) in 1960.

He edited *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), for which he received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing and an Academy Award nomination, the first for an African American in that category. His other editing credits include *Shaft* (1971). He later directed feature films including *Melinda* (1972) and *Bim* (1974), as well as television programmes and documentaries. He spent much of his later life in Trinidad and Tobago, where he established a filmmaking school.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *A Thousand Clowns* (1965), Fi1m 76, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-thousand-clowns.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Obeah* (1987), Writer, Editor, Director
- *Bim* (1974), Producer, Director
- *Melinda* (1972), Director
- *Shaft* (1971), Editor
- *Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location* (1971), Director
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, Director
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *Wheel of Ashes* (1968), Music
- *NBC Experiment in Television* (1967), series, Director
- *A Thousand Clowns* (1965), Sound Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-thousand-clowns.md)
- *Mickey One* (1965), Sound Effects Editor
- *Harvey Middleman, Fireman* (1965), Editor
- *Andy* (1965), Editor
- *Lilith* (1964), Associate Editor
- *The Cool World* (1964), Sound Editor
- *The Miracle Worker* (1962), Sound Effects Editor
- *Something Wild* (1961), Assistant Editor
- *Come Back, Africa* (1959), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1970: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Midnight Cowboy*

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

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