Art Seid

Immersed in the film industry since birth, producer and editor Art Seid got his start working in post-production at Colmbia directly after graduating high school. Soon leaving his name on some of the biggest productions of the era and working with... more

Immersed in the film industry since birth, producer and editor Art Seid got his start working in post-production at Colmbia directly after graduating high school. Soon leaving his name on some of the biggest productions of the era and working with some of the biggest names, Seid would prove to be an indelible figure in the motion picture history. The son of a film lab head who was working in New York, Seid's father relocated the family to Hollywood, soon after the birth of his son, to work as chief of Consolidated Film Industries, later becoming head of Columbia Pictures' film lab and introducing his son to the company that would eventually give the younger Seid the boost that would launch his career. Near the beginning of WWII, Seid enlisted and began work in the U.S Army Motion Picture Signal Corps. Group, where he shot documentaries and worked with such motion picture legends as John Ford. Returning to Columbia as an editor following the war, Seid became head of 20th Century Fox Television in 1956 and joined Paisano Productions as an associate producer and supervising film editor after editing the pilot for Perry Mason the following year. Later working as an editor for the production staff of Aaron Spelling, Sheldon Leonard, and Danny Thomas, Seid worked on such popular television staples as I Spy. Before retiring in 1990, Seid would frequently work on television in everything from MASH to Stranger in My Bed. In August of 2001 Seid died in Santa Monica, CA. He was 87. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide less