Biography
Evan A. Lottman (1931–2001) was an American film editor. Born in the Bronx, New York City, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps, studied at Kenyon College and the University of Southern California, and began his career editing television documentaries in New York before moving into feature films.
He collaborated frequently with directors Jerry Schatzberg and Alan J. Pakula. His credits include The Panic in Needle Park (1971), The Exorcist (1973), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, Apocalypse Now (1979, additional editing), Sophie's Choice (1982), and Presumed Innocent (1990). He also taught film editing at Columbia University.
