- Born
- Died
- Hugh A. Robertson was born on May 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Bim (1974) and Shaft (1971). He died on January 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- The first African American editor to be nominated for an Oscar.
- He clashed many times with director John Schlesinger over the editing of "Midnight Cowboy". The British editor Jim Clark, a frequent collaborator of Schlesinger's, did a lot of additional work and is credited as "consultant".
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