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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Geof Bartz has been the Supervising Editor for HBO Documentary Films since 1998. Geof started his career as an assistant editor on the 1969 CBS special "Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America" and has gone on to edit, or supervise the editing of, more than 100 non-fiction films, among them the classic documentary "Pumping Iron." Geof was the co-producer and supervising editor of the 1979 NBC Emmy winning series "Lifeline;" and he produced and co-edited the 1984 20th Century Fox feature "Stripper." In 2000 and 2001, two short documentaries Geof cut, "King Gimp" and "Big Mama", won back-to-back Academy Awards. In 2015, his film "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" took home the Oscar. The following year "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" also won the gold. Additionally, he has edited four other films that have been nominated for Academy Awards. Geof has been nominated for ten Emmys and won four. And films he has cut have received three Peabody and two Columbia-Dupont Awards. In 2017, Geof was admitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is also a long time member of the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Geof taught "Introduction to Film Editing" at Columbia University from 1978-1998. Interviews with Geof can be found in "The Art of the Documentary" by Megan Cunningham and in "First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors" by Gabriella Oldham. Geof grew up on Detroit's East Side and graduated from the University of Notre Dame (1966, BA) and Columbia University (1969, MFA Film). He lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with his wife, Lynn. His daughter Juliet is a recent graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern.

Most Famous Work

Pumping Iron
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7

Pumping Iron

(1977) Editor
Hot Coffee
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7

Hot Coffee

(2011) Consulting Editor
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
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7
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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8
Boy Interrupted
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8

Boy Interrupted

(2009) Editor
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
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6

Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven

(2007) Editorial Services
Pelosi in the House
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5

Pelosi in the House

(2022) Editor
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1985 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Editor
2022 Editor
2018 Editor
2017 Editor
2015 Editor
Editor
2013 Editor
2011 Consulting Editor
2010 Editor
Editorial Coordinator
2009 Editor
2007 Editor
Supervising Editor
Editor
Editorial Services
2006 Editor
2005 Editor
Supervising Film Editor
2000 Editor
Editorial Coordinator
1997 Editor
1994 Editor
1993 Editor
1992 Editor
1991 Editor
1986 Editor
1985 Editor
1983 Editor
1977 Editor
1973 Editor
1971 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1985 Producer
1978 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1983 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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