- Got his big break as apprentice editor to Dede Allen on Elia Kazan's America America.
- Often collaborated with American New Wave directors, most notably William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma.
- Won an ACE Career Achievement Award in 2015.
- He edited four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The French Connection (1971), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Awakenings (1990). Of those, The French Connection (1971) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) are winners in the category.
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