Pembroke J. Herring obit

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Pembroke Jones Herring (April 15, 1930 – May 19, 2020) was an American film editor who has three Oscar nominations for the category of Best Film Editing. He often worked with Sidney Poitier on the films that Poitier directed, editing nearly all of them. Herring's son, Craig Herring, is also a film editor

Oscar nominations

1970 Academy Awards-Nominated for Tora! Tora! Tora!, along with Inoue Chikaya and James E. Newcom. Lost to Patton.

1976 Academy Awards-Nominated for Bound for Glory, along with Robert C. Jones. Lost to Rocky.

1985 Academy Awards-Nominated for Out of Africa, along with Sheldon Kahn, Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp. Lost to Witness.

Filmography

Editor

Year Film Director Notes

1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!

Richard Fleischer

Toshio Masuda

Kinji Fukasaku

Akira Kurosawa

1972 Buck and the Preacher Sidney Poitier First collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1973 A Warm December Second collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1974 Uptown Saturday Night Third collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1975 Let's Do It Again Fourth collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1976 Bound for Glory Hal Ashby

1977 A Piece of the Action Sidney Poitier Fifth collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1978 Foul Play Colin Higgins First collaboration with Colin Higgins

1979 The Runner Stumbles Stanley Kramer

1980 Little Darlings Ronald F. Maxwell

9 to 5 Colin Higgins Second collaboration with Colin Higgins

1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Third collaboration with Colin Higgins

1983 Vacation Harold Ramis First collaboration with Harold Ramis

1984 Johnny Dangerously Amy Heckerling First collaboration with Amy Heckerling

1985 European Vacation Second collaboration with Amy Heckerling

Out of Africa Sydney Pollack

1986 Legal Eagles Ivan Reitman

1987 Who's That Girl James Foley

1988 Last Rites Donald P. Bellisario

1989 Great Balls of Fire! Jim McBride

1990 Ghost Dad Sidney Poitier Sixth collaboration with Sidney Poitier

1993 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis Second collaboration with Harold Ramis

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Bill Duke

1994 Clifford Paul Flaherty

The Scout Michael Ritchie

1995 Stuart Saves His Family Harold Ramis Third collaboration with Harold Ramis

1996 Multiplicity Fourth collaboration with Harold Ramis

Editorial department

Year Film Director Role

1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade Peter Medak Supervising editor

1993 Blood In Blood Out Taylor Hackford Additional film editor

Producer

Year Film Director Credit

1974 Uptown Saturday Night Sidney Poitier Associate producer

1975 Let's Do It Again

1977 A Piece of the Action

TV movies

Editor

Year Film Director

1971 Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring Joseph Sargent

1972 Fireball Forward Marvin J. Chomsky

1974 Panic on the 5:22 Harvey Hart

1977 SST: Death Flight David Lowell Rich

TV series

Editor

Year Title Notes

1966−68 Daniel Boone 9 episodes

1973−75 Barnaby Jones 12 episodes

TV specials

Thanks

Year Title Role

2021 93rd Academy Awards In memoriam