Edward M. Abroms


Edward M. Abroms was an American film editor and TV director.
Abroms was born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He studied film at the University of Southern California before dropping out to go to work at Republic Studios.
Abroms was nominated at the 56th Academy Awards for his work on the film Blue Thunder in the category of Academy Award for Best Film Editing, his nomination was shared with Frank Morriss.
Abroms worked with American film director Steven Spielberg on Night Gallery and The Sugarland Express and was bestowed the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2006.
Abroms received Primetime Emmy Awards for editing the My Sweet Charlie World Premiere in 1970 and the Columbo NBC Mystery Movie in 1972 He shared the 2006 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. He also directed for the 1978-1979 NBC television series The Eddie Capra Mysteries.
On February 13, 2018, Abroms died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California. He was 82.
Abroms also worked as an editor in Sam Peckinpah’s suspense thriller film The Osterman Weekend.

Career

Abroms had joined Review Productions as an apprentice editor after a short stint at Technicolor. He later got an opportunity to edit the 1966 episode of NBC's Tarzan, which had featured Ron Ely. He earned his first Emmy Award for the 1970 NBC telefilm My Sweet Charlie, directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Patty Duke.

Personal life

Abroms married Colleen, with whom he had three children.

Selected filmography

YearFilmDirectorRole
1985The Jewel of the NileLewis TeagueAdditional editor

;TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1969Night Gallery
1970My Sweet CharlieLamont Johnson
1970Dial Hot LineJerry Thorpe
1970Berlin AffairDavid Lowell Rich
1971Ransom for a Dead ManRichard Irving
1971Lock, Stock and BarrelJerry Thorpe
1971The Impatient HeartJohn Badham
1972That Certain SummerLamont Johnson
1973SavageSteven Spielberg
1979Diary of a Teenage HitchhikerTed Post
1981The Patricia Neal Story
1984The GuardianDavid Greene
1986Florida StraitsMike Hodges
1988Glory DaysRobert Conrad
1989NightlifeDaniel Taplitz
1990Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. ColumboVincent McEveety
1990Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501Philip Saville
1991Aftermath: A Test of LoveGlenn Jordan
1991PayoffStuart Cooper
1991One Special VictoryStuart Cooper
1992Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop DriveJohn Patterson
1993Taking the HeatTom Mankiewicz

YearFilmDirectorRole
1982The Executioner's SongLawrence SchillerEditorial consultant

YearFilm
1975The Impostor
1978The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978The $100,000 Bill
1980The Sultan and the Rock Star

YearFilmDirectorCredit
1991One Special VictoryStuart CooperAssociate producer

;TV series
YearTitleNotes
1968Untamed World1 episode
1966−68Tarzan14 episodes
1968−69Ironside4 episodes
1969The Bold Ones: The Protectors1 episode
1969Night Gallery1 episode
1970It Takes a Thief1 episode
1970The Virginian1 episode
1971Columbo2 episodes
1975Ellery Queen2 episodes
1987Jake and the Fatman1 episode

YearTitleNotes
1972Alias Smith and Jones1 episode
1973Night Gallery1 episode
1973McMillan & Wife1 episode
1973Griff2 episodes
1972−73Columbo2 episodes
1974Doc Elliot1 episode
1974The Rookies1 episode
1974Get Christie Love!1 episode
1975Apple's Way1 episode
1975Archer1 episode
1975Cannon1 episode
1973−75Police Story2 episodes
1975−76Doctors' Hospital4 episodes
1976Ellery Queen1 episode
1976Switch2 episodes
1977The Feather & Father Gang1 episode
1977CHiPs1 episode
1977Man from Atlantis1 episode
1977The Six Million Dollar Man2 episodes
1976−78Kojak4 episodes
1978The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries1 episode
1978ABC Weekend Special1 episode
1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries2 episodes
1978−79David Cassidy: Man Undercover2 episodes
1979Mrs. Columbo1 episode
1979Hawaii Five-O1 episode
1979Salvage 12 episodes
1979Doctors' Private Lives4 episodes
1980The Chisholms2 episodes
1980Disney's Wonderful World1 episode
1981Nero Wolfe3 episodes
1985Murder, She Wrote1 episode