Carol Littleton

Carol Littleton was born 1942 in Oklahoma City[2] but her family later moved to Miami in Northeastern Oklahoma, where she grew up.[3] She attended the University of Oklahoma College of Arts & Sciences, obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1965 and her master's in 1970.[4] Her obsession with film editing started in France, when Littleton became acquainted with French New Wave cinema. During the 1970s, Carol Littleton owned a production company that made commercials. She moved into working as a film editor with director Karen Arthur on Legacy (1975). Other films were to follow and Littleton received an Academy Award nomination for editing Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Commencing with Body Heat (1981), Littleton had an extended collaboration with the director Lawrence Kasdan. Kasdan hired Littleton for Body Heat not only for her skill, but specifically because she was a woman. He believed only a woman editor could bring the eroticism he wanted in the film.[5] Of the 11 films that Kasdan has directed, Littleton has edited nine.

In the late 1980s, Carol Littleton was elected and served as the president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Littleton is one of the major editors that author Gabriella Oldham interview for her book First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (1992).

Unless noted otherwise, all productions below are feature-length fiction films that had a cinema release.

• List of film director and editor collaborations

• Carol Littleton at IMDb
• Focus on Editing: Emmy Winner — Carol Littleton, A. C. E.)