George Bowers (filmmaker)
American actor and director

George Bowers (filmmaker)

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American actor and director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Film directorFilm editorActor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
20 April 1944(The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
Death:
18 August 2012(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
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George Bowers (April 20, 1944 – August 18, 2012) was an American film director, editor and producer.

Bowers was born in the Bronx, New York. As an editor, he had an extensive list of credits dating from 1968 to his last film in 2008. As a director, he directed films such as Private Resort with Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow, and My Tutor with Crispin Glover, the latter which is being remade. He started working at ABC directly out of high school as an assistant editor and frequently edited the films of Joseph Ruben.

Bowers died from complications related to heart surgery on August 18, 2012, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 68 years old.

Filmography as editor

  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
  • Roll Bounce (2005)
  • Walking Tall (2004)
  • The Country Bears (2002)
  • From Hell (2001)
  • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
  • How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
  • The Preacher's Wife (1996)
  • Money Train (1995)
  • Renaissance Man (1994)
  • The Good Son (1993)
  • A League of Their Own (1992)
  • Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
  • Harlem Nights (1989)
  • Shoot to Kill (1988)
  • The Stepfather (1987)
  • The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
  • The Sister-in-Law (1974)

Filmography as director

  • Private Resort (1985)
  • My Tutor (1983)
  • Body and Soul (1981)
  • The Hearse (1980)
  • Dukes of Hazzard (1979) – unknown episodes
  • Vegetable Soup (1976) – unknown episodes