Geof Bartz

Geof Bartz

editor, editorial department, producer

Geof Bartz was born on Dec 03, 1943 in USA. Geof Bartz's big-screen debut came with Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 directed by Erik Barnouw in 1946. Geof Bartz is known for Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists directed by Jonathan Alter, Harvey Araton stars as Self and John Avlon as Self. Geof Bartz has got 5 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Geof Bartz achieved is Primetime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie Geof Bartz plays is Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists which will be released on Nov 15, 2018.

Geof Bartz has been the Supervising Editor for HBO Documentary Films since 1998.Geof started his career as an assistant editor on the 1969 CBS special "Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America" and has gone on to edit, or supervise the editing of, more than 100 non-fiction films, among them the classic documentary "Pumping Iron."Geof was the co-producer and supervising editor of the 1979 NBC Emmy winning series "Lifeline;" and he produced and co-edited the 1984 20th Century Fox feature "Stripper."In 2000 and 2001, two short documentaries Geof cut, "King Gimp" and "Big Mama", won back-to-back Academy Awards. In 2015, his film "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" took home the Oscar. The following year "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" also won the gold. Additionally, he has edited four other films that have been nominated for Academy Awards.Geof has been nominated for ten Emmys and won four. And films he has cut have received three Peabody and two Columbia-Dupont Awards.In 2017, Geof was admitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is also a long time member of the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild.Geof taught "Introduction to Film Editing" at Columbia University from 1978-1998.Interviews with Geof can be found in "The Art of the Documentary" by Megan Cunningham and in "First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors" by Gabriella Oldham.Geof grew up on Detroit's East Side and graduated from the University of Notre Dame (1966, BA) and Columbia University (1969, MFA Film). He lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with his wife, Lynn. His daughter Juliet is a recent graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern.

  • Birthday

    Dec 03, 1943
  • Place of Birth

    Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 7 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards
2002
Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
Winner - Primetime Emmy
In Memoriam: New York City (2002)
1999
Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Programming - Picture Editing
Winner - Primetime Emmy
1980
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class
Winner - Primetime Emmy
Lifeline (1978)
1980
Outstanding Informational Program
Winner - Primetime Emmy
The Body Beautiful (1980)
CINE Competition
1998
History
Winner - CINE Golden Eagle