{"id":13014,"date":"2025-07-30T03:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=13014"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:12:23","slug":"oscar-nominated-film-editor-was-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=13014","title":{"rendered":"Oscar-Nominated Film Editor Was 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDon Zimmerman, a film editor known for his work on the <em>Rocky<\/em> movies, <em>Jumper<\/em>, <em>Night at the Museum<\/em> and <em>Men in Black 3<\/em>, who also received an Oscar nomination for 1978\u2019s <em>Coming Home<\/em>, has died. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe public relations\u00a0and marketing agency, Perception PR, announced his death on social media, writing, \u201cRest in Peace Don Zimmerman \u2026 He will be greatly missed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHaving grown up in Los Angeles, Zimmerman made his way into the entertainment industry in the early 1970s, working in the editorial department for several projects, such as <em>The Landlord<\/em>, <em>Harold and Maude<\/em>, <em>The Last of Sheila<\/em>,<em> The Nickel Ride<\/em>, <em>Shampoo<\/em> and <em>Bound for Glory<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter assisting filmmaker Hal Ashby\u2019s 1971 movie <em>Harold and Maude<\/em>, he teamed up with him again on the 1978 drama <em>Coming Home<\/em>, which served as Zimmerman\u2019s first solo editor credit. The film, starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight, also earned Zimmerman his first Oscar nomination for best film editing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe later collaborated with Ashby again on his 1979 film <em>Being There<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tZimmerman\u2019s other credits included <em>A Change of Seasons<\/em> (1980), <em>Barbarosa<\/em> (1982), <em>Best Friends <\/em>(1982), <em>Rocky III <\/em>(1982), <em>Rocky IV<\/em> (1985), <em>Cobra<\/em> (1986), <em>The Prince of Tides<\/em> (1991), <em>Leap of Faith<\/em> (1992), <em>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective <\/em>(1994), <em>The Nutty Professor<\/em> (1996), <em>Liar Liar<\/em> (1997),<strong> <\/strong><em>Patch Adams<\/em> (1998), <em>The Cat in the Hat<\/em> (2003), <em>Flight of the Phoenix<\/em> (2004), <em>Night at the Museum<\/em> (2006), <em>Rush Hour 3<\/em> (2007), <em>Jumper <\/em>(2008), <em>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian<\/em> (2009), <em>Marmaduke <\/em>(2010), <em>Men in Black 3<\/em> (2012) and <em>RED 2<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn 2023, Zimmerman received the American Cinema Editors\u2019 prestigious Career Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Zimmerman, a film editor known for his work on the Rocky movies, Jumper, Night at the Museum and Men in Black 3, who also received an Oscar nomination for 1978\u2019s Coming Home, has died. He was 81. 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