Peter E. Berger
Peter Edward Berger was an American film editor with about fifty feature and television film credits. He is known for editing films such as Mommie Dearest, four films in the Star Trek series through Star Trek: Insurrection ), Fatal Attraction, and Coach Carter. His last credit was for the television biopic Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. It was his sixth collaboration with director Thomas Carter. With Michael Kahn, Berger won the 1989 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Fatal Attraction, and they were nominated for the Academy Award and the American Cinema Editors Eddie for the film.
Berger was the son of film editor Fred W. Berger. He attended film school at the University of California, Los Angeles, served in the United States Army, and worked for the Armed Forces Korean Network in Seoul. He began his career in 1968 working on the television program, The Doris Day Show. His first credit was for the feature film Arnold.
Filmography
Sources:| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
| 1973 | Arnold | Georg Fenady | Assistant editor | ||
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Robert Clouse | Assistant film editor | First collaboration with Robert Clouse | |
| 1974 | The Savage Is Loose | George C. Scott | Assistant film editor | ||
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain | Robert Fuest | Assistant film editor | ||
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior | Robert Clouse | Assistant editor | Second collaboration with Robert Clouse | Uncredited |
| 1976 | Special Delivery | Paul Wendkos | Assistant editor | ||
| 1977 | Walking Tall: Final Chapter | Jack Starrett | Assistant editor | ||
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Harold Becker | Additional film editor | ||
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Mike Figgis | Additional editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Jon Avnet | Special thanks | Third collaboration with Jon Avnet |
;Documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1975 | King of the Underwater World | Walter Starck |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | |
| 1992 | The Magical World of Chuck Jones | George Daugherty |
;TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1978 | Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park | Gordon Hessler |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage | Donald Wrye |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Gilbert Cates |
| 1984 | Burning Rage | Gilbert Cates |
| 1984 | Silence of the Heart | Richard Michaels |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | David Lowell Rich |
| 1985 | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Richard Michaels |
| 1989 | Do You Know the Muffin Man? | Gilbert Cates |
| 2009 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Thomas Carter |
;TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1977−78 | The Skatebirds | 16 episodes |
| 1979 | CHiPs | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Call to Glory | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | 1 episode |