John Fleming McSweeney Jr. (August 26, 1915 - May 19, 1999) was an American film editor.[3][4] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Film Editing for the film Mutiny on the Bounty.[5]
John McSweeney Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Fleming McSweeney Jr. August 26, 1915 New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1999 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Spouse |
Peggy McSweeney (m. 1947) |
| Children | 6[2] |
McSweeney died in May 1999 of natural causes at his home in Redondo Beach, California, at the age of 83.[2][6] He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Selected filmography
edit- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
References
edit- ^ "Margaret Kenney McSweeney Obituary (1923-2016)". Daily Breeze. March 25, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ a b Galloway, Doug (May 26, 1999). "John McSweeney Jr". Variety. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "Editor Has Surgery". The Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "John McSweeney". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Lentz, Harris (July 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999. McFarland. p. 140. ISBN 9780786409198 – via Google Books.
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