Frank P. Keller

Frank P. Keller
Born
Frank P. Keller, Jr.

(1913-02-04)February 4, 1913
Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 25, 1977(1977-12-25) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1943-1977

Frank P. Keller (February 4, 1913 – December 25, 1977) was an American film and television editor with 24 feature film credits from 1958 - 1977.[1][2] He is noted for the series of films he edited with director Peter Yates, for his four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing ("Oscars"), and for the "revolutionary"[3] car chase sequence in the film Bullitt (1968) that likely won him the editing Oscar.[4]

  1. ^ Birthdate confirmed at the Social Security Death Index.
  2. ^ Filmography and awards based on Frank P. Keller at IMDb.
  3. ^ Levy, Emanuel (2008). "Bullitt". emanuellevy.com. Retrieved 2010-11-06. Bullitt contains one of the most exciting car chases in film history, a sequence that revolutionized Hollywood's standards.
  4. ^ Hartl, John. "Top 10 car chase movies". msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2010-11-07. Bullitt (1968). Philip D'Antoni, who went on to produce The French Connection, warmed up for it with this Steve McQueen crime drama, set in San Francisco, where the steep hills seem to yearn for cars to go sailing over them. The director, Peter Yates, makes the most of the locations, especially during a gravity-defying chase sequence that earned an Oscar for its editor, Frank P. Keller.