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Sam O'Steen

American film editor and director (1923–2000)
Person Human Q2216597

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
November 6, 1923
Date of death
October 11, 2000
Place of birth
Paragould
Place of death
Atlantic City
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
film editor, film director
Cause of death
disease[9]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Film Editing[12][13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Given name
Sam[10]
Manner of death
natural causes[11]
Number of children
+4[16]
Start of work period
1960[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Samuel Alexander O'Steen en Sam O'Steen ar سام أوستين cs Samuel Alexander O'Steen de Sam O’Steen de O'Steen de O’Steen de Sam O'Steen el Σαμ Ο΄Στιν fa سام اوستین fr Sam O’Steen he סאם אוסטין ja サム・オースティーン ja サム・オースティン ja サム・オスティーン ru Сэм О’Стин zh 山姆·奧斯丁 zh 珍愛奧斯汀 zh 萨姆·奥斯廷 zh 薩姆·奧斯廷
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000041281743
VIAF cluster ID
47836061
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no93004886
GND ID
129251569
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
6277
AdoroCinema person ID
56439
AllMovie person ID
p104891
Allcinema person ID
19727
AlloCiné person ID
56439
Awards & Winners artist ID
03nqbvz
CONOR.SI ID
110409315
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
43720
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Danish National Filmography person ID
31720
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
129251569
Elonet person ID
104703
FAST ID
1861045
Film.ru person ID
sem-ostin
Freebase ID
/m/03nqbvz
HAND ID
CD0E-8D9E-2EF8-68E2-460F
IMDb ID
nm0642714
Ivi person ID
sem-ostin
J9U entity ID
987007322342005171
Kinobox person ID
54109
Kinopoisk person ID
178478
LdiF person ID
6638
Movie Walker Press person ID
15319
MovieMeter person ID
12015
NL CR AUT ID
xx0186843
NUKAT ID
n2014166905
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
104071826
Open Media Database person ID
12289
PORT person ID
17170
Prabook ID
236419
Scope.dk person ID
12682
Swedish Film Database person ID
76773
TMDB person ID
12015
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1112816
WikiTree person ID
O'Steen-518
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgHh7GjytmkHvkD7gqYT3
Yale LUX ID
person/5e425958-972e-4936-97a7-c2cd089039e7
ČSFD person ID
56360

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🔗 Connections
← Film editor 28
Chinatown, The Graduate, Rosemary's Baby, Cool Hand Luke, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Working Girl, Silkwood, Frantic +20 more
Nominated for 3
Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Occupation 2
film director, film editor
Cause of death 1
disease
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Films directed 1
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Given name 1
Sam
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Paragould
Place of death 1
Atlantic City
Sex or gender 1
male
← Winner 1
BAFTA Award for Best Editing
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Summary

Sam O'Steen was born in Paragould[1]. He was born on November 6, 1923[2]. He passed away in Atlantic City[3]. He died on October 11, 2000[4]. He worked as a film editor[5] and film director[6].

FAQs

Where was Sam O'Steen born?

Born in Paragould[1].

Where did Sam O'Steen die?

Sam O'Steen died in Atlantic City[3].

What did Sam O'Steen do for work?

Sam O'Steen worked as film editor[5] and film director[6].

Related Entities

Chinatown Cool Hand Luke disease Frantic Rosemary's Baby Silkwood The Graduate United States Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Working Girl

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → CD0E-8D9E-2EF8-68E2-460F
    Allcinema person ID → 19727
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 19727, Matched to サム・オースティーン (#321956178) in Allcinema person #mix"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Paragould
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Start of work period → 1960
    Occupation → film editor, film director
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32081: import P21 and P106 from GND (23)"
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