Edward M. Abroms (May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018) was an American film editor and TV director.

Abroms was born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He studied film at theUniversity of Southern California before dropping out to go to work atRepublic Studios.^[1]

Abroms was nominated at the56th Academy Awards for his work on the filmBlue Thunder in the category ofAcademy Award for Best Film Editing, his nomination was shared withFrank Morriss.^[2]

Abroms worked with American film directorSteven Spielberg onNight Gallery andThe Sugarland Express and was bestowed theAmerican Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2006.^[1]

Abroms receivedPrimetime Emmy Awards for editing theMy Sweet Charlie World Premiere in 1970^[3] and theColumbo NBC Mystery Movie in 1972^[4] He shared the 2006American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.^[5] He also directed for the 1978-1979NBC television seriesThe Eddie Capra Mysteries.

On February 13, 2018, Abroms died of heart failure inLos Angeles, California. He was 82.^[6]

Abroms also worked as an editor inSam Peckinpah’ssuspense thriller filmThe Osterman Weekend (1983).^[1]

Abroms had joined Review Productions (presentUniversal Studios) as an apprentice editor after a short stint atTechnicolor. He later got an opportunity to edit the 1966 episode ofNBC'sTarzan, which had featured Ron Ely. He earned his first Emmy Award for the 1970 NBC telefilmMy Sweet Charlie, directed byLamont Johnson and starringPatty Duke.^[1]

Abroms married Colleen, with whom he had three children.^[1]

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• Edward M. Abroms atIMDb

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