Coming Home (1978)

Started as an assistant editor in 1963, then started working solo. Notable credits include IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963), SHIP OF FOOLS (1965), TOBRUK and GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (both 1967), I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS (1968), PAINT YOUR WAGON (1969), LOVE STORY (1970), MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972), THE LAST DETAIL (1973), SHAMPOO (1975), BOUND FOR GLORY (1976), HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978), LOOKIN' TO GET OUT (1982), TWICE IN A LIFETIME (1985), SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL (1989), DAYS OF THUNDER (1990), THE BABE (1992), LOVE AFFAIR (1994), CITY HALL (1996), BULWORTH (1998), CRAZY IN ALABAMA (1999), and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (2002). He contributed to the story of COMING HOME (1978) -- for which he received an Oscar® -- and was also a writer, although uncredited, on BEING THERE (1979). He worked as an additional film editor on INDECENT PROPOSAL (1993).  Nominated for Film Editing 1963: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (w. Frederic Knudtson & Gene Fowler, Jr.)  Nominated for Film Editing 1967: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER  Nominated for Film Editing 1976: BOUND FOR GLORY (w. Pembroke J. Herring)  Writing (Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1978: COMING HOME (w. Nancy Dowd & Waldo Salt) 4 nominations, 1 Award