Tom Rolf

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Biography

Swedish film editor

  • Primary profession
  • Miscellaneous·editor·editorial_department
  • Country
  • Sweden
  • Nationality
  • Swedish
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 31 December 1931
  • Place of birth
  • Stockholm
  • Death date
  • 2014-07-14
  • Death age
  • 83
  • Place of death
  • France
  • Parents
  • Ernst Rolf·Tutta Rolf

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Son of Ernst Rolf and Tutta Rolf , stepson of Jack Donohue.

Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Editors Branch) [-2007].

Car enthusiast, owning many foreign automobiles throughout the years. One car which he mentions often was his baby Mustang convertible, with a rare optional front bench seat.

Former surfer.

Former U.S. Marine, fought in the Korean Conflict.

Member of American Cinema Editors (A. C. E.).

Brother of Sven-Erik Rolf.

(September 2007) Now residing in London, England.

His step-father, Jack Donohue , a choreographer and director at MGM, advised him to start out in the cutting room, telling him, "You will learn everything about directing by being a film editor first.".

He was a ski patrolman and a seaman with the Norwegian Merchant Marine before emigrating to the United States.

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