Biography
Norman Hollyn was an American film editor and music editor. Born in New York on 11 May 1952, he graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in theatre arts. He began his career in the 1970s as an apprentice sound editor on Lenny (1974) and later worked as an assistant music editor on films including Hair (1979) and Fame (1980).
Hollyn served as music editor on Sophie’s Choice (1982) and The Cotton Club (1984). As a picture editor, his credits include Heathers (1989), It’s Pat: The Movie (1994), Mad Dog Time (1996), Quicksilver Highway (1997) and Under Wraps (1997), as well as episodes of The Equalizer and the miniseries Wild Palms (1993). He also edited Shot (2017).
From 1998 he taught at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he was the inaugural holder of the Michael Kahn Endowed Chair in Editing. Hollyn authored The Film Editing Room Handbook (first published 1986) and The Lean Forward Moment (2009). He died in Yokohama, Japan, on 17 March 2019.
