Stephen A. Rotter
Stephen A. Rotter is a film editor who won at the 56th Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Editing. He was one of the five film editors to win for the film The Right Stuff. He shared it with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf and Douglas Stewart.
He has worked on over 30 films as an editor.
In addition, Rotter has also won an Emmy for the mini-series Holocaust. Which he shared with Alan Heim, Craig McKay, Robert M. Reitano and Brian Smedley-Aston.
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Alice's Restaurant | Arthur Penn | Assistant editor | First collaboration with Arthur Penn |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Arthur Penn | Assistant editor | Second collaboration with Arthur Penn |
| 1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | Assistant film editor | First collaboration with George Roy Hill |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | Patrick Read Johnson | Additional editor | |
| 1997 | Flubber | Les Mayfield | Additional editor | |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Nancy Meyers | Additional film editor | Third collaboration with Nancy Meyers |
| 2006 | The Ex | Jesse Peretz | Additional editor | |
| 2008 | Nim's Island | Additional film editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Sidney Lumet | Sound editor |
Documentaries
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight | Assistant editor | Third collaboration with Arthur Penn |
TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | Gilbert Cates |
| 1977 | The Deadliest Season | Robert Markowitz |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| 1978 | Siege | Richard Pearce |
| 1981 | Skokie | Herbert Wise |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky | Supervising editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 1979 | Hollow Image | Marvin J. Chomsky | Producer |
| 1980 | Doctor Franken | Associate producer | |
| 1980 | Death Penalty | Waris Hussein | Associate producer |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Waris Hussein | Associate producer |
| 1980 | King Crab | Marvin J. Chomsky | Producer |
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1975 | The American Parade | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Holocaust | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Supervising editor |