Verna Fields Net Worth



Verna Fields net worth is
$1.3 Million

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Verna Fields (née Hellman, 21 March 1918 – 30 November 1982) was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through to about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition. She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s. She worked on independent films (including The Savage Eye (1959)), on government-supported documentaries of the 1960s, and on some minor studio films such as Peter Bogdanovich's first film, Targets (1968). For several years in the late 1960s, she was a film instructor at the University of Southern California. Her one major studio film, El Cid, led to her only industry recognition in this phase of her career, which was the 1962 Golden Reel award for sound editing.Fields came into prominence as a film editor and industry executive during the 'New Hollywood' era (1968–1982). She had established close ties with the directors Peter Bogdanovich, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg early in their careers, and became known as their "mother cutter"; the term "cutter" is an informal variation of "film editor". The critical and commercial success of the films What's Up, Doc? (1972), American Graffiti (1973), and Jaws (1975) brought Fields a level of recognition that appears to be unique among film editors. Jaws in particular was enormously and unexpectedly profitable, and ushered in the era of the "summer blockbuster" film. Fields' contributions to this success were widely acknowledged. She received an Academy Award and an American Cinema Editors Award for best editing for the film. Within a year of the film's release, she had been appointed as Vice-President for Feature Production at Universal Studios. She was thus among the first women to enter upper-level management in the entertainment industry. Her career as an executive at Universal continued until her death in 1982 at age 64. 

Net Worth	$1.3 Million
Date Of Birth	March 21, 1918
Died	1982-11-30
Place Of Birth	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Profession	Sound Department, Editor, Editorial Department
Spouse	Sam Fields
Nicknames	Verna Fields, Fields, Verna
Star Sign	Aries

#	Fact
1	In the mid-1960's, she taught film editing at the University of Southern California. The USC was her alma mater from which she had graduated with a BA in journalism.
2	Was Feature Production Vice-President of Universal from 1976 until her death in 1982.
3	Daughter of Sam Hellman
4	Mother of Rick Fields.
5	She was affectionately named "Mother Cutter" by the Jaws crew because of her ability to cut film & the way she took care of the crew.
6	Sister-in-law of Arthur Morton.
7	She was such a brilliant editor that she was actually promoted to a studio executive at Universal. Among her many accomplishments she is credited with introducing two young directors to each other while at Universal: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Sound Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pickup on 101	1972	sound editor
Targets	1968	sound editor
Face in the Rain	1963	sound editor
The Balcony	1963	sound editor
Ring of Terror	1962	sound editor - uncredited
Story Of...	1962	TV Series documentary sound effects editor - 1 episode
El Cid	1961	sound editor
Wanted: Dead or Alive	1960-1961	TV Series sound effects - 25 episodes
The Savage Eye	1960	sound editor
Death Valley Days	TV Series sound effects editor - 44 episodes, 1956 - 1958 sound effects - 1 episode, 1959
Sky King	TV Series sound effects - 38 episodes, 1956 - 1959 sound effects editor - 4 episodes, 1956
How to Make a Monster	1958	sound effects editor
Snowfire	1958	sound effects editor
Fury	1957	TV Series sound editor - 3 episodes
Black Patch	1957	sound editor - as Verna H. Fields
Crime of Passion	1957	sound effects editor
Dance with Me, Henry	1956	sound effects editor
While the City Sleeps	1956	sound editor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jaws	1975	film editor
Daisy Miller	1974
Memory of Us	1974
The Sugarland Express	1974	film editor
Sing a Country Song	1973
American Graffiti	1973
Paper Moon	1973
What's Up, Doc?	1972
Medium Cool	1969
The Search for the Evil One	1969
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1968	TV Series 1 episode
The Wild Racers	1968
Journey to the Pacific	1968	Documentary
Track of Thunder	1967
The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle	1967
Country Boy	1966
Deathwatch	1966
An Affair of the Skin	1963
Studs Lonigan	1960

Editorial Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Point of Terror	1971	supervising editor
Incubus	1966	editor - color footage, uncredited

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jaws	1975	second unit director - uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards	1976	TV Special documentary	Herself
The 48th Annual Academy Awards	1976	TV Special	Herself - Winner: Best Film Editing

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Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1981	Crystal Award	Women in Film Crystal Awards
1976	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Film Editing	Jaws (1975)
1976	Eddie	American Cinema Editors, USA	Best Edited Feature Film	Jaws (1975)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1976	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Film Editing	Jaws (1975)
1974	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Film Editing	American Graffiti (1973)

Known for movies

El Cid (1961)
as Sound Department

Death Valley Days (1956-1959)
as Sound Department

Sky King (1956-1959)
as Sound Department

Targets (1968)
as Sound Department