Geraldine Peroni (July 5, 1953 - August 3, 2004) was an American film editor who was best known for working with Robert Altman.
Peroni was born in Manhattan, New York City and grew up in the borough of Queens. Her notable collaboration with Altman extended over eight films. Altman said of Peroni "I trusted her totally with everything, I was planning on using her in the next film. She and I saw very much the same way — we just read each other so w...
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Geraldine Peroni (July 5, 1953 - August 3, 2004) was an American film editor who was best known for working with Robert Altman.
Peroni was born in Manhattan, New York City and grew up in the borough of Queens. Her notable collaboration with Altman extended over eight films. Altman said of Peroni "I trusted her totally with everything, I was planning on using her in the next film. She and I saw very much the same way — we just read each other so well."
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing and a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for her work on The Player (1992). In his obituary, Tony Sloman discussed this film's editing:
Peroni's work on Short Cuts (1993) has been discussed by Krin Gabbard, who wrote, "Altman has invited his audiences to provide connections among scenes that float loosely about each other at the same time that he has benefited from the intelligent choices made by the film's editor Geraldine Peroni."
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