Robert Estrin


Robert L. Estrin is an American film editor.

Career

Estrin started his career in the 1970s. His first work was a documentary feature about the photographer Imogen Cunningham. Later he also edited feature films such as The Candidate, Badlands and Memory of Us. His last work was the cut of the 1995 comedy film The Perez Family.
Estrin's sister Sandra Adair also works as a film editor.

Selected filmography

YearFilmDirectorRole
1974Memory of UsH. Kaye DyalSupervising editor
1988ColorsDennis HopperSupervising editor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1985Desert HeartsDonna DeitchMusic consultant

YearFilmDirectorCreditNotes
1978The Boss' SonBobby RothExecutive producerFirst collaboration with Bobby Roth

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1984HeartbreakersBobby RothThanksSecond collaboration with Bobby Roth

;Documentaries
YearFilmDirector
1970Imogen Cunningham, PhotographerJohn Korty
1971Brazil: A Report on Torture
1971The Numbers Start with the RiverDonald Wrye
1986What Happened to Kerouac?

YearFilmDirectorRole
1970Imogen Cunningham, PhotographerJohn KortyAssistant editor

YearFilmDirectorCredit
2017The Secret Life of Lance LetscherSandra AdairCo-producer
2020The Boys Who Said No!Judith EhrlichExecutive producer
2024Her Name Was MoviolaHoward BerryAssociate producer

;TV documentaries
YearFilmDirector
1970It Couldn't Be Done
1970The Unexplained
1985Creation of the Universe-

;TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1982Help WantedStephen Gyllenhaal
1986MaricelaChristine Burrill
1987Young Harry HoudiniJames Orr

;TV series
YearTitleNotes
1982CBS Afternoon Playhouse1 episode
1987The Disney Sunday Movie1 episode

;TV shorts
YearFilmDirector
1976Almos' a ManStan Lathan

Awards

For his cut of the documentary film Creation of the Universe Estrin was nominated for an Eddie Award of American Cinema Editors in 1985.