- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDorothea Corothers Allen
- Dede Allen started her career as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. She graduated to being a sound cutter and assistant editor. Her first job as a film editor was for director Robert Wise, and since then, she has achieved a reputation as one of the most stylish and creative editors in the American film industry.
- IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpouseStephen Fleischman(1945 - April 17, 2010) (her death, 2 children)
- Children
- Frequently edited Arthur Penn films.
- She was the first American film editor to use the European techniques of beginning a sequence with a close-up or jump cut, and overlapping sound between shots. She was one of the first editors to give sound as much importance as images.
- The producers asked Dede Allen to edit Starsky & Hutch (2004). She met once with director Todd Phillips to discuss it but eventually declined the offer.
- In 1992, Dede Allen became the head of post production at Warner Bros. She only returned to editing eight years later with Wonder Boys (2000).
- Mother of son, Tom Fleischman, dubbing mixer of several films by Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee, and a daughter.
- Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Editors Branch) [2000-2006 & 2007-].
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