Exorcising 'Cruising'

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Lonely Street

Driftwood

The Game of Their Lives

Ladder 49

Young Black Stallion

The Replacements

Waterworld

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Darkman

Gross Anatomy

Sing

Johnny Be Good

Some Kind of Wonderful

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

To Live and Die in L.A.

The Karate Kid

Deal of the Century

Flashdance

Cat People

Personal Best

Falling in Love Again

Cruising

The Brink's Job

A Death in Canaan

Sorcerer

Rhinoceros

The Exorcist

Deadhead Miles

Greaser's Palace

Pound

Putney Swope

Lucy in London

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees

The Bold Men

Bud S. Smith (December 6, 1935 – June 23, 2024) was an American film editor, producer, and director. He shared the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Flashdance and also shared the 2008 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. He was a regular collaborator of director William Friedkin, serving as editor on six of his films. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Flashdance (1983) and The Exorcist (1973).
Smith was married to dialogue editor Lucy Coldsnow-Smith. The couple were longtime residents of the Hollywood Hills before selling their house there in 2013. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 2012, Smith died from respiratory failure at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles, on June 23, 2024, at the age of 88.



Bud S. Smith

Bud S. Smith

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Exorcising 'Cruising'

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist