Sam O'Steen

Born November 6, 1923· St. Francis, Arkansas, USA

† Died October 11, 2000

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Born in Arkansas and raised in California, Sam O'Steen began his editing path as George Tomasini's assistant on Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1957). After eight years at Warner Bros., his first solo credit came with Youngblood Hawke (1964), and he quickly became Mike Nichols' chief editor, shaping twelve Nichols films from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) onward. He also edited Cool Hand Luke (1…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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