Known for Editing
Sam O'Steen was an American film editor and director, renowned for his collaborations with director Mike Nichols. His editing work on films like The Graduate (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Chinatown (1974) earned him critical acclaim and multiple award nominations. O'Steen's precise editing style significantly influenced the pacing and narrative structure of these classic films. He also directed several television movies, including Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975), showcasing his versatility in the industry.
Born
November 6, 1923
Died
October 11, 2000 (age 76)
Birthplace
St. Francis, Arkansas, USA
Filmography
43 films


Kids Don't Tell
1985 · 1h 40m · US
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.


The Best Little Girl in the World
1981 · 1h 40m · US
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.


Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976 · 1h 36m · US
Baby Adrian is now all grown up and separated from his mother, wrestling with the occult influences that plague him, and trying to outrun Satan himself.


High Risk
1976 · 1h 14m · US
A troupe of former circus performers plot to steel a valuable artifact from an embassy in Washington, DC.


Sparkle
1976 · 1h 38m · US
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.


Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975 · 1h 38m · US
A middle-aged woman finds herself simply a widow, a grandmother and a person when a friend takes her to the Stardust Ballroom, a dance hall which recreates the music and atmosphere of the 1940s. There she encounters a most unlikely Prince Charming, a middle-aged mailman. With this encounter, life takes on a new meaning for the film's heroine.


I Love You...Good-bye
1974 · 1h 17m · US
A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.


A Brand New Life
1973 · 1h 14m · US
After 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first child.