Stanford Tischler

Stanford Tischler
Born(1921-12-25)December 25, 1921
DiedJanuary 15, 2014(2014-01-15) (aged 92)
Occupation(s)film editor, producer

Stanford Tischler (December 25, 1921, in Wilkes-Barre,[1] Pennsylvania – January 15, 2014) was an American film editor and producer.

His first recorded credit as an editor was for The Bigamist (1953),[citation needed] but he was also the sound effects editor for the Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life (1946).[2] Tischler won an Emmy Award in 1976 for his work on M*A*S*H, for which he edited and co-produced 130 episodes and was also nominated for a further eight Emmys, also for M*A*S*H.[3] He also won at least two Eddie Awards, in 1974 and 1975, presented by the American Cinema Editors honorary society for his work on M*A*S*H.[1]

Tischler died on January 15, 2014.[2] He was 92.

  1. ^ a b "City Native Wins Television Honors". Times Leader. March 24, 1975 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "Remembering Stanford Tischler". Television Academy Foundation. October 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Emmy awards, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences