Aaron Stell
Aaron Stell was an American film editor with one hundred feature film credits and many additional credits for his television work. He is best known for his work on Touch of Evil, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Silent Running.
Early life
Aaron Stell was born on March 26, 1911. After graduating from Los Angeles High School, he worked as a postmaster for Fox Film in the late 1920s.Career
Stell's earliest editing career was for Columbia Pictures, where he worked at from 1943 to 1955. He then worked for other Hollywood studios for the rest of his career. 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.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. He was also nominated for Eddies for his television work on an episode of Ben Casey and on the mini-series Guyana Tragedy: [The Story of Jim Jones]. In 1996 he shared the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award with Desmond Marquette.
Personal life and death
Since the early 1940s, Stell worked as an oil painter. By 1964, he has painted over 50 paintings. Stell died in Los Angeles at age 84.Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 1964 | The Gallant One | Also writer and producer |
| 2004 | Remnants of Auric Healing |
;Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1948 | Go Chase Yourself | Jules White |
| 1952 | Corny Casanovas | Jules White |
| 1952 | He Cooked His Goose | Jules White |
;TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1970 | But [I Don't Want to Get Married!] | Jerry Paris |
| 1970 | Wild Women | Don Taylor |
| 1970 | 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 |
| 1975 | Shell Game | Glenn Jordan |
| 1976 | One of My Wives Is Missing | Glenn Jordan |
| 1977 | Night Terror | E. W. Swackhamer |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | William A. Graham |
| 1978 | Deadman's Curve | Richard Compton |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | Harvey Laidman |
| 1978 | One in a Million: The [Ron LeFlore Story] | William A. Graham |
| 1979 | Can You Hear the Laughter? [The Story of Freddie Prinze] | Burt Brinckerhoff |
| 1979 | Orphan Train | William A. Graham |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | William A. Graham |
| 1980 | Rage! | William A. Graham |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Love | Sam Wanamaker |
| 1981 | Isabel's Choice | Guy Green |
| 1981 | Incident at Crestridge | Jud Taylor |
| 1982 | A Question of Honor | Jud Taylor |
| 1982 | American Eagle | William A. Graham |
;TV pilots
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1965 | My Island Family | Henry Koster |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person | Glenn Jordan |
;TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1954 | Ford Theatre | 4 episodes |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | 2 episodes |
| 1954−55 | The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin | 6 episodes |
| 1956 | The People's Choice | 3 episodes |
| 1956 | The [Count of Monte Cristo (1956 TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo] | 9 episodes |
| 1957 | The [New Adventures of Charlie Chan] | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Death Valley Days | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | Ben Casey | 1 episode |
| 1970 | The Most Deadly Game | 1 episode |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | The Amazing Spider-Man | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Space Academy | 1 episode |
| 1978 | The [Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase] | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Otherworld | 1 episode |