Film editor Bud S. Smith dies at age 88 –

Prolific film editor Bud S. Smith has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by his wife.

Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and made his name in the film industry as an editor. Smith’s first work as an editor came in 1965 with William Friedkins The brave men. Friedkin and Smith would collaborate on several projects. In 1977, the two worked together on Wizard, then again in 1980 with Cruising. Their most fruitful collaboration, however, came in 1973, with Friedkin’s iconic horror classic, The Exorcist. Upon its release, The exorcist became a critical and financial darling and was nominated for numerous Academy Awards. Among the nominations, it won best film editing for the work of Jordan Leondopoulos, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay and Smith himself.

Deadline pointed out that the nomination for The Exorcist wasn’t the only time Smith was up for an Oscar. For his work on Adrian Lyne’s Flash dancing, Smith and Walt Mulconery were both nominated for Best Editing at the 56th Academy Awards. Deadline also reported that Variety was the first to report the news of Smith’s death.

Some of Smith’s other credits as an editor include The Karate Kid, Cat People, And Kind of beautiful. Smith is survived by his wife and will be deeply missed by his family and film fans around the world.