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Verna Fields

Editor, Additional Credits
Born March 21, 1918Died November 30, 1982 (64 years)
Verna Fields was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through to about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition. She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s. She worked on independent films (including The Savage Eye, on government-supported documentaries of the 1960s, and on some minor studio films such as Peter Bogdanovich's first film, Targets. For several years in the late 1960s, she was a film instructor at the University of Southern California. Her one major studio film, El Cid, led to her only industry recognition in this phase of her career, which was the 1962 Golden Reel award for sound editing.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • How to Make a Monster
  • The Sword and the Dragon
  • The Balcony
  • Point of Terror

Known For

  • Jaws
  • American Graffiti

Verna Fields Filmography

1975
Jaws · as Second Unit Director
1972
Pickup on 101 · as Sound Editor
1971
Point of Terror · as Supervising Editor
1968
Targets · as Sound Editor
1965
The Bus · as Assistant Editor
1963
The Balcony · as Sound Editor
1963
Face in the Rain · as Sound Editor
1961
El Cid · as Sound Editor
1958
How to Make a Monster · as Sound Effects Editor
1956
Crime of Passion · as Sound Effects Editor
1956
The Sword and the Dragon · as Additional Editing
1956
While the City Sleeps · as Sound Editor

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