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Robert Dalva

Editor, Director, Additional Credits
Born April 14, 1942Died January 27, 2023 (80 years)
Robert Dalva (April 14, 1942–January 27, 2023) was an American film editor. Filmography as editor includes The Black Stallion, Raising Cain, Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Hidalgo, October Sky, and The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. He also directed the film The Black Stallion Returns (1983).

Dalva was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on The Black Stallion (1979).

Dalva was an alumnus of Colgate University and a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.

Dalva was elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors and was considered to be part of a core group of successful filmmakers known as The Dirty Dozen, who were film students at the University of Southern California in the 1960s.

Dalva died from lymphoma in Larkspur, California, on January 27, 2023, at the age of 80.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Lovelace
  • Precious Cargo
  • Nash Bridges
  • The River Why
  • San Francisco Stories

Known For

  • The Black Stallion
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • The Black Stallion Returns
  • Crime Story
  • NOVA

Filmography

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