Barry Malkin obit

Barry Malkin, ‘The Godfather: Part II’ Editor, Dies at 80

 

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Film editor Barry Malkin, who was nominated for two Oscars for Francis Ford Coppola films “The Godfather: Part III” and “The Cotton Club,” died Thursday. He was 80.

Malkin’s career in film editing last more than 40 years, and he is credited for working on more than 30 films in his lifetime. Most notably, he teamed up with Coppola on 11 of his feature films.

He first worked as an apprentice to Dede Allen, one of the pioneers of auteur film editing on Elia Kazan’s “America America” in 1963. He grew up in the same Queens neighborhood as Coppola, a fact the two realized when Malkin worked with the famed director on “The Rain People” in 1969. He came on board the “Godfather” saga with “Part II” in 1974, then went on to edit “Part III” and “The Godfather Trilogy,” a TV miniseries that combined the three films. He also served as film editor on Coppola’s “Rumble Fish,” “The Cotton Club,” “Peggy Sue Got Married,” “Gardens of Stone,” “Jack” and “The Rainmaker” and worked as an additional editor on “Apocalypse Now.”

Malkin also earned a BAFTA nomination for best film editing for “The Godfather: Part II.” He was also selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors.

His other credits included “Honeymoon in Vegas,” “The Freshman” and “Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is he Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?”

Outside of his love for film, Malkin was a lifelong Yankees fan and graduated from Adelphi University. He is survived by his wife Stephanie and daughter Sacha.

 

Filmography (as editor)

Editor

Year     Film            Director           Notes

1964    Act of Reprisal           

Erricos Andreou

Robert Tronson

1966    The Fat Spy      Joseph Cates  

1969    The Rain People            Francis Ford Coppola            First collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1971    Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?            Ulu Grosbard         

1973    Cops and Robbers            Aram Avakian            Second collaboration with Aram Avakian

1974    The Godfather Part II          Francis Ford Coppola            Second collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1976    One Summer Love            Gilbert Cates  

1978            Somebody Killed Her Husband            Lamont Johnson           

1979    Last Embrace            Jonathan Demme         

1980            Windows        Gordon Willis   

One-Trick Pony    Robert M. Young        

1981    Four Friends Arthur Penn     Second collaboration with Arthur Penn

1983    Rumble Fish      Francis Ford Coppola            Fourth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1984    The Cotton Club            Fifth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1986    Peggy Sue Got Married            Sixth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1987            Gardens of Stone            Seventh collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1988    Big            Penny Marshall          

1989    New York Stories            Francis Ford Coppola            "Life Without Zoë" segment

Eighth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1990    The Freshman            Andrew Bergman            First collaboration with Andrew Bergman

The Godfather Part III Francis Ford Coppola            Ninth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1992            Honeymoon in Vegas            Andrew Bergman            Second collaboration with Andrew Bergman

1994    It Could Happen to You  Third collaboration with Andrew Bergman

1996    Jack            Francis Ford Coppola            Tenth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1997    The Rainmaker            Eleventh collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

2000    Isn't She Great            Andrew Bergman            Fourth collaboration with Andrew Bergman

Lucky Numbers            Nora Ephron

2004    The Big Bounce George Armitage         

Editorial department

Year     Film            Director           Role            Notes

1964    Lilith            Robert Rossen            Assistant editor           

1970    End of the Road            Aram Avakian            Associate editor            First collaboration with Aram Avakian

Cotton Comes to Harlem            Ossie Davis   

1979            Apocalypse Now            Francis Ford Coppola            Additional editor            Tenth collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola

1982            Hammett          Wim Wenders            Supervising editor        

1990    Meet the Applegates            Michael Lehmann            Editorial consultant      

Additional crew

Year     Film            Director           Role            Notes            Ref.

1970    Little Big Man            Arthur Penn            Opening and closing credits  First collaboration with Arthur Penn    

Direct-to-video films

 

Editor

Year     Film            Director

1992    The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980    Francis Ford Coppola

TV movies

 

Editor

Year     Film            Director

1977    The Godfather Saga            Francis Ford Coppola

TV series

 

Editor

Year     Title            Notes

1963    The Patty Duke Show   1 episode

1977    The Godfather Saga           

References