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Carol Littleton
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Born	(1942-10-23) October 23, 1942 Oklahoma City, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma, College of Arts & Sciences
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	John Bailey ​ (m. 1972)​
Awards	Emmy Award Eddie Award
President of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)
In office 1988–1991
Preceded by	Bea Dennis ?
Succeeded by	Donn Cambern
Vice President of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)
In office 1994–2001
In office 2005–2007
Vice President of American Cinema Editors (ACE)
In office 2019–present
Board of Governors, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
In office 1990 – 2002 (reelected twice)
In office 2015 – present (reelected once)

Carol Sue Littleton, ACE (born October 23, 1942) is an American film editor.

The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page: Her work includes Body Heat (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and The Big Chill (1983). Littleton was the recipient of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing (for a TV Miniseries, Movie or a Special) for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999).

Littleton served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild from 1988 to 1991, and as vice president from 1994 to 2001, as well as from 2005 to 2007. Littleton has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors, and serves as ACE vice president since 2019. She is also a current member of the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Film Editors Branch).

Carol Littleton is married to cinematographer John Bailey.

Family background and education

Carol Littleton was born 1942 in Oklahoma City,^citation the youngest of three sisters. Her mother Mildred Grace Littleton (née Ingram) was a church organist who gave private piano lessons and taught music in public schools. Her father Charlie Arthur Littleton was a businessman who later became a farmer. At the time of Carol's birth, he managed a local Buick agency. (A Family Portrait, p. 271) When Carol was three years old, the family moved to the town of Miami in the Indian Territory of Northeastern Oklahoma. Her father became a partner in a car dealer named the Norton-Littleton Motor Company until 1954, when the family

Her eldest sister Betty became an attorney and university professor. In 2010 she published the nonfiction book A Family Portrait, covering several generations of the family history. Her second sister Charlene was a teacher who later also became a university professor.

Education and marriage

The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded: Carol attended the University of Oklahoma College of Arts & Sciences, obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1965 and her master's in 1970. Her obsession with film editing started in France, when Littleton became acquainted with French New Wave cinema.

Career as film editor

Gaining a foothold

The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded: During the 1970s, Carol Littleton owned a production company that made commercials. She moved into working as a film editor with director Karen Arthur on Legacy (1975). Other films were to follow and Littleton received an Academy Award nomination for editing Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

Films with Lawrence Kasdan

The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded Commencing with Body Heat (1981), Littleton had an extended collaboration with the director Lawrence Kasdan. Kasdan hired Littleton for Body Heat not only for her skill, but specifically because she was a woman. He believed only a woman editor could bring the eroticism he wanted in the film. Of the 11 films that Kasdan directed between 1981 and 2012, Littleton has edited nine.

Leadership roles in MPEG, AMPAS and ACE

The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded In the late 1980s, Carol Littleton was elected and served as the president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Littleton is one of the major editors that author Gabriella Oldham interview for her book First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (1992).

Mentoring and teaching

Carol has worked with numerous assistants who have gone on to become highly accomplished editors themselves: Norman Buckley, Bruce Cannon, Lisa Zeno Churgin, Raúl Dávalos, Dody Dorn, Gib Jaffe, Jill Savitt, Suzanne Spangler, Camilla Toniolo and Barbara Tulliver. More to follow

Balancing work and private life

Since getting married in 1972, Carol Littleton and John Bailey have lived mostly in Los Angeles, with a few years of New York in-between. They have worked together on 13 feature films – from Legacy (1975) until A Walk in the Woods (2015) – usually in their respective roles as editor & cinematographer, with one exception: Littleton also edited Bailey's second project as a director, China Moon (1994). According to Littleton, the added pressure took its toll:

It was very difficult, because there was no way to walk away from work, to get a fresh view. Emotionally, it was exhausting. Directors are on the firing line, and I felt that every blow to John was a blow to me. I realized I had to harden myself to that and not take things so personally on his behalf.

Betty Littleton writes in A Family Portrait, that Carol and John deliberately decided against having children, because their work requires them to spend significant amounts of time away from home, and from each other. More to follow

Filmography

Unless noted otherwise, all productions below are feature-length fiction films that had a cinema release.

Films edited by Carol Littleton

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1975	Legacy	Karen Arthur
1977	The Hazing	Douglas Curtis	Alternative title: The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse
1978	The Mafu Cage	Karen Arthur	Alternative title: Don't Ring the Doorbell
1978	Battered	Peter Werner	TV movie
1979	French Postcards	Willard Huyck
1980	Roadie	Alan Rudolph	As supervising editor Tom Walls was the main editor
1981	Body Heat	Lawrence Kasdan
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg
1983	The Big Chill	Lawrence Kasdan
1984	Places in the Heart	Robert Benton
1985	Silverado	Lawrence Kasdan
1986	Brighton Beach Memoirs	Gene Saks
1987	Swimming to Cambodia	Jonathan Demme
1988	Vibes	Ken Kwapis
1988	The Accidental Tourist	Lawrence Kasdan
1990	White Palace	Luis Mandoki
1991	Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan
1993	Benny & Joon	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1994	China Moon	John Bailey	Co-edited with Jill Savitt
1994	Wyatt Earp	Lawrence Kasdan
1996	Diabolique	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1998	Twilight	Robert Benton
1998	Beloved	Jonathan Demme	Co-edited with Andy Keir
1999	Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan	Co-edited with William Steinkamp
1999	Tuesdays with Morrie	Mick Jackson	TV movie
2000	What Women Want	Nancy Meyers	As additional editor Thomas J. Nordberg & Stephen A. Rotter were the main editors
2001	The Anniversary Party	Jennifer Jason Leigh Alan Cumming	Co-edited with Suzanne Spangler
2002	The Truth About Charlie	Jonathan Demme	Co-edited with Suzanne Spangler
2003	Dreamcatcher	Lawrence Kasdan	Co-edited with Raúl Dávalos
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Jonathan Demme	Co-edited with Craig McKay
2007	In the Land of Women	Jon Kasdan	Co-edited with Marty Levenstein
2007	Margot at the Wedding	Noah Baumbach
2008	The Other Boleyn Girl	Justin Chadwick	Co-edited with Paul Knight
2010	Country Strong	Shana Feste	Co-edited with Conor O’Neill
2011	The Rum Diary	Bruce Robinson
2012	Darling Companion	Lawrence Kasdan
2015	A Walk in the Woods	Ken Kwapis	Co-edited with Julie Garcés
2016	All the Way	Jay Roach	TV movie
2018	My Dinner with Hervé	Sacha Gervasi

Accolades

Academy Award nominations

• 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for Best Film Editing

Other awards and nominations

• 2000 – Tuesdays with Morrie, won for Emmy Award - Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
• 1999 – Beloved, nominated for Satellite Awards (International Press Academy) Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture Film Editing (w/ co-editor Andy Keir)
• 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film
• 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing

Further reading

• Acker, Ally (1991). Reel women : pioneers of the cinema, 1896 to the present. New York: Continuum. ISBN 0826404995.

External links

• Sprachraum/Sandbox 1 at IMDb
• Focus on Editing: Emmy Winner — Carol Littleton, A. C. E.)

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations