Aaron Stell

Aaron Stell
Born(1911-03-26)March 26, 1911
Pennsylvania, United States
DiedJanuary 7, 1996(1996-01-07) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationFilm editor

Aaron Stell (March 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was an American film editor with one hundred feature film credits and many additional credits for his television work. Stell worked for more than a decade at the start of his career at Columbia Pictures (1943–1955 credits), which was a major Hollywood studio in that era. Among his most noted films are Touch of Evil (directed by Orson Welles-1958), To Kill a Mockingbird (directed by Robert Mulligan-1962), and Silent Running (directed by Douglas Trumbull-1972).[1][2][3]

Touch of Evil, which was directed by Orson Welles, proved difficult for Stell; he was not the initial editor but instead chosen for re-editing, and he noted that Welles became "ill, depressed, and unhappy with the studio's impatience" in the process.[4]

Stell had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. He was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Eddie award for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). He was also nominated for Eddies for his television work on an episode of Ben Casey (1961) and on the mini-series Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). In 1996 he shared the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award with Desmond Marquette.

Stell died in Los Angeles at age 84.[5]

Selected filmography

Editor
Year Film Director Notes Other notes
1943 Cowboy in the Clouds Benjamin H. Kline First collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
1944 Cowboy Canteen Lew Landers First collaboration with Lew Landers
Sundown Valley Benjamin H. Kline Second collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
She's a Soldier Too William Castle First collaboration with William Castle
Swing in the Saddle Lew Landers Second collaboration with Lew Landers
Cowboy from Lonesome River Benjamin H. Kline Third collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
Cyclone Prairie Rangers Fourth collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
Saddle Leather Law Fifth collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
1945 I Love a Mystery Henry Levin
Sagebrush Heroes Benjamin H. Kline Sixth collaboration with Benjamin H. Kline
Sing Me a Song of Texas Vernon Keays First collaboration with Vernon Keays
Rough Ridin' Justice Derwin Abrahams First collaboration with Derwin Abrahams
The Return of the Durango Kid Second collaboration with Derwin Abrahams
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous Arthur Dreifuss First collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
Rustlers of the Badlands Derwin Abrahams Third collaboration with Derwin Abrahams
Outlaws of the Rockies Ray Nazarro First collaboration with Ray Nazarro
Blazing the Western Trail Vernon Keays Second collaboration with Vernon Keays
Uncredited
Prison Ship Arthur Dreifuss Second collaboration with Arthur Dreifuss
1946 Frontier Gunlaw Derwin Abrahams Fourth collaboration with Derwin Abrahams
Blondie's Lucky Day Abby Berlin First collaboration with Abby Berlin
It's Great to Be Young Del Lord First collaboration with Del Lord
Blondie Knows Best Abby Berlin Second collaboration with Abby Berlin
Terror Trail Ray Nazarro Second collaboration with Ray Nazarro
Alias Mr. Twilight John Sturges First collaboration with John Sturges
Singin' in the Corn Del Lord Second collaboration with Del Lord
1947 Millie's Daughter Sidney Salkow First collaboration with Sidney Salkow
Bulldog Drummond at Bay Second collaboration with Sidney Salkow
Sport of Kings Robert Gordon
The Son of Rusty Lew Landers Third collaboration with Lew Landers
The Last Round-Up John English First collaboration with John English
1948 The Sign of the Ram John Sturges Second collaboration with John Sturges
Song of Idaho Ray Nazarro Third collaboration with Ray Nazarro
Jungle Jim William Berke First collaboration with William Berke
Loaded Pistols John English Second collaboration with John English
1949 Riders of the Whistling Pines Third collaboration with John English
The Lost Tribe William Berke Second collaboration with William Berke
Rim of the Canyon John English Fourth collaboration with John English
1950 Blondie's Hero Edward Bernds First collaboration with Edward Bernds
The Palomino Ray Nazarro Third collaboration with Ray Nazarro
Beauty on Parade Lew Landers Fourth collaboration with Lew Landers
Customs Agent Seymour Friedman First collaboration with Seymour Friedman
On the Isle of Samoa William Berke Third collaboration with William Berke
Rookie Fireman Seymour Friedman Second collaboration with Seymour Friedman
Chain Gang Lew Landers Fifth collaboration with Lew Landers
The Tougher They Come Ray Nazarro Fourth collaboration with Ray Nazarro
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard Seymour Friedman Third collaboration with Seymour Friedman
1951 Gasoline Alley Edward Bernds Second collaboration with Edward Bernds
The Big Gusher Lew Landers Sixth collaboration with Lew Landers
Chain of Circumstance Will Jason
The Barefoot Mailman Earl McEvoy
1952 The Sniper Edward Dmytryk First collaboration with Edward Dmytryk
A Yank in Indo-China Wallace Grissell
Brave Warrior Spencer Gordon Bennet First collaboration with Spencer Gordon Bennet
Eight Iron Men Edward Dmytryk Second collaboration with Edward Dmytryk
1953 Jack McCall, Desperado Sidney Salkow Third collaboration with Sidney Salkow
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap Fred F. Sears First collaboration with Fred F. Sears
The Juggler Edward Dmytryk Third collaboration with Edward Dmytryk
1954 Massacre Canyon Fred F. Sears Second collaboration with Fred F. Sears
The Outlaw Stallion Third collaboration with Fred F. Sears
The Law vs. Billy the Kid William Castle Second collaboration with William Castle
Human Desire Fritz Lang
The Black Dakotas Ray Nazarro Fifth collaboration with Ray Nazarro
1955 Creature with the Atom Brain Edward L. Cahn
Devil Goddess Spencer Gordon Bennet Second collaboration with Spencer Gordon Bennet
Hell's Horizon Tom Gries
1956 The Bold and the Brave Lewis R. Foster
5 Steps to Danger Henry S. Kesler
1957 Fear Strikes Out Robert Mulligan First collaboration with Robert Mulligan
Beginning of the End Bert I. Gordon
Time Limit Karl Malden
1958 Touch of Evil Orson Welles
The Proud Rebel Michael Curtiz
Tarzan's Fight for Life H. Bruce Humberstone
Lonelyhearts Vincent J. Donehue
1959 The Giant Gila Monster Ray Kellogg First collaboration with Ray Kellogg
The Killer Shrews Second collaboration with Ray Kellogg
1960 My Dog, Buddy Third collaboration with Ray Kellogg
Wake Me When It's Over Mervyn LeRoy
1961 The Secret Ways Phil Karlson
1962 Six Black Horses Harry Keller
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan Second collaboration with Robert Mulligan
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger Third collaboration with Robert Mulligan
1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall Fourth collaboration with Robert Mulligan
Inside Daisy Clover Fifth collaboration with Robert Mulligan
1966 Not with My Wife, You Don't! Norman Panama
1967 Welcome to Hard Times Burt Kennedy First collaboration with Burt Kennedy
1968 The Stalking Moon Robert Mulligan Sixth collaboration with Robert Mulligan
1969 Flareup James Neilson
1970 The Grasshopper Jerry Paris
1972 Silent Running Douglas Trumbull
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Gordon Davidson
1973 Your Three Minutes Are Up Douglas Schwartz
Willie Dynamite Gilbert Moses
1974 The Take Robert Hartford-Davis
1975 Lepke Menahem Golan
Cornbread, Earl and Me Joseph Manduke
The Four Deuces William H. Bushnell
1976 The Killer Inside Me Burt Kennedy Second collaboration with Burt Kennedy
1986 Native Son Jerrold Freeman
Director
Year Film
1964 The Gallant One
2004 Remnants of Auric Healing
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
1964 The Gallant One Himself Producer
Writer
Year Film Director
1964 The Gallant One Himself
Short documentaries
Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1950 The Soundman Himself
Uncredited
Director
Year Film
1950 The Soundman
Uncredited
Shorts
Editor
Year Film Director
1948 Go Chase Yourself Jules White
1952 Corny Casanovas
He Cooked His Goose
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
1949 The Sound Man — Producer
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! Jerry Paris
Wild Women Don Taylor
Crowhaven Farm Walter Grauman
1972 The Couple Takes a Wife Jerry Paris
1973 Fade In Jud Taylor
1975 The Trial of Chaplain Jensen Robert Day
Shell Game Glenn Jordan
1976 One of My Wives Is Missing
1977 Night Terror E. W. Swackhamer
The Amazing Howard Hughes William A. Graham
1978 Deadman's Curve Richard Compton
Steel Cowboy Harvey Laidman
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story William A. Graham
1979 Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze Burt Brinckerhoff
Orphan Train William A. Graham
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Rage!
My Kidnapper, My Love Sam Wanamaker
1981 Isabel's Choice Guy Green
Incident at Crestridge Jud Taylor
1982 A Question of Honor
American Eagle William A. Graham
TV pilots
Editor
Year Film Director
1965 My Island Family Henry Koster
1977 The Displaced Person Glenn Jordan
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1954 Ford Theatre 4 episodes
Father Knows Best 2 episodes
1954−55 The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin 6 episodes
1956 The People's Choice 3 episodes
The Count of Monte Cristo 9 episodes
1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan 2 episodes
1959 Death Valley Days
1963 Ben Casey 1 episode
1970 The Most Deadly Game
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes 2 episodes
The Amazing Spider-Man 1 episode
Space Academy
1978 The Paper Chase
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 2 episodes
1985 Otherworld 1 episode

References

  1. ^ John Howard Reid (2005). Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties. Lulu.com. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1-4116-3524-1.
  2. ^ "BFI profile: Aaron Stell". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.
  3. ^ Kermode, Mark (2014). Silent Running. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 59. ISBN 9781844578344. The finished sequence, which relies on Schikele's intelligently counterpoised score, is a masterclass in editing, with Aaron Stell moving deftly between detailed close-ups of the mechanical arms and intense shots of Dern's pained and sometimes terrified reaction ....
  4. ^ Charles Higham (8 March 2004). The Films of Orson Welles. University of California Press. pp. 150–151. GGKEY:9FNTB9F9DXZ.
  5. ^ "STELL, Aaron age 84". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1996. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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