Stephen A. Hope

Stephen Ackerman Hope was an American music editor.

Biography

He was born on September 15, 1931, to Fredric Hope. At age 4 he played violin for the Beverly Hills Baby Orchestra. He became a film editor at Desilu Studios in the 1950s. He married Mary Elizabeth Hughes.
He worked on National Lampoon's Animal House and all of the Karate Kid films.
He died on June 8, 2003, at Providence [Saint Joseph Medical Center] in Burbank, California of kidney failure.
He was a member of the Academy of [Motion Picture Arts and Sciences], the Motion Picture Editors Guild and the American Federation of Musicians.