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145 Q4 2018 / CINEMONTAGE PASSAGES possible with his children and granddaughter, Cleo. He carried photos of her wherever he went just in case she came up in conversation — and he always made sure she did. In 2010, Nick was diagnosed with brain cancer. His doctor called him his miracle patient when Nick beat the odds and the cancer. Sadly, it returned in 2013, and this time it won. He died October 8 with his assistant and friend of many years, Jackie, along with children Sarah and Andy (and Andy's wife Pille) by his side. Our kind, sweet friend is gone, but we are left with many wonderful memories of him. Nick is survived by his two children and their spouses, Sarah Korda (Maria) and Andrew Korda (Pille); his brother David; his granddaughter, Cleo Delphine; his assistant Jackie Robertson; and many colleagues and friends who adored him. Connie Kazmer PETER N. HARRISON SOUND EDITOR AUGUST 10, 1941– MARCH 12, 2018 Ours is an editing family, so when Peter Harrison died on March 12 at age 77, we lost more than an uncle and father. We lost a voice that knew the history of our craft; someone with whom we could share a meal and talk shop at the family dinner table without it sounding too much like work. Peter started his film career as a camera assistant for Union Pacific Railroad after an honorable discharge from the US Army. A year later, he moved on to "can boy" at General Film Lab. In 1965, he joined the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 776, and was eventually hired as an apprentice editor by 20th Century-Fox Studios. They way he told it, the film industry was so good to him that after just one year, he was promoted to assistant picture editor. In the mid-1970s, he moved to Lorimar to work on a little show called The Waltons (1971-1981), editing eight episodes. With picture editor Gene Fowler, Jr. as his mentor, Peter really honed his craft. He spent his spare time cutting sequences for any editor, on any show, who would let him. He left Lorimar for Echo Films and he received his first of two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing for Inside the Third Reich (1982). Peter then settled into consistent work with his brother, Rich Harrison, cutting both picture and sound on a wide variety of live-action TV movies and animated television series for The Film Business, Inc. He then received his second Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or Special for The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988). After retiring in 2002, Peter spent much of his spare time trail-building in the San Gabriel Mountains. He also loved relaxing in the backyard with his wife Barbara, his dogs and a good book — as well as growing some of the best tomatoes we've ever tasted! He is survived by his loving wife Barbara Buffington, two children (Jim and Christine), three grandchildren (Adrian, Logan and Diana), great-granddaughter Natalia and his four-legged trail- building companion Judy. He is dearly missed. Jenny Jordan and Jim Harrison DAVID ROSS MILLER FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE AND VIDEOTAPE EDITORS GUILD SEPTEMBER 7, 1946 – NOVEMBER 20, 2018 David Ross Miller, former Executive Director of the Motion Picture and Videotape Editors Guild, IATSE Local 776 (predecessor of the Motion Picture Editors Guild), passed away from complications due to liver transplant surgery on November 20 at the age of 72. An attorney by profession, he was involved in the motion picture industry since 1975, when he joined the Film Editors as Assistant Business Representative. He eventually became the Guild's Executive Director before he left the union in 1984 to head Cinema Research Corporation and then, more recently, Wildfire Post-Production Studios. Nicholas Korda with his children Andy and Sarah in 1984.

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