He was also the editor for the 1984 film “Solomon Northup’s Odyssey,” which Gordon Parks directed based on the book “Twelve Years a Slave.” The film paved the way for later movies such as “Amistad,” “Django Unchained,” and the most recent adaptation of Northup’s memoir, the Academy Award-winning “12 Years a Slave,” according to The National Endowment for the Humanities.Ĭarter’s three-hour documentary “King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis,” which was nominated for best feature doc in 1971, documents King’s life from the 1955 bus boycott in Alabama to his assassination, featuring appearances by Paul Newman, Brando, Burt Lancaster and James Earl Jones.Ĭarter, along with co-editor Lora Hays, cut the doc by hand, and it was screened as a “one-time only” nationwide event in 1,000 theaters on March 24, 1970. His career spanned four decades, during which he put his editing touch to more than 50 feature films, including 1968’s “Paper Lion,” “The Formula,” starring Marlon Brando and “Karate Kid Part III.” Carter also served as editor for a number of black-centric films, such as “The Five Heartbeats” - a musical drama loosely based on The Temptations and The Four Tops - “Boomerang,” “Set it Off,” “Soul Food” and “The Wood.”Īlso Read: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shonda Rhimes Remember Aretha Franklin: 'Thank You For the Music' 13 at his home in White Plains, New York, his family reported. He was 95 years old.Ĭarter, the first black member of the American Cinema Editors, died peacefully on Aug. Privacy Policy.John Carter, a pioneering African-American film editor behind such films as “Friday,” “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “Lean on Me” and the Academy Award-nominated Martin Luther King documentary “King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis,” has died. Under which this service is provided to you. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Â© S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018Ĭable News Network. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC.

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