Editor Hubert de la Bouillerie Dies at 75 in Los Angeles
De la Bouillerie, who worked on Woodstock and The Witches of Eastwick and cut films for Warner Bros. chiefs Bob Daly and Terry Semel, died August 8, his friend Robert Folk said.
Film editor Hubert de la Bouillerie, whose credits include Woodstock and The Witches of Eastwick, died August 8 in Los Angeles at age 75, according to hollywoodreporter.com. His friend Robert Folk announced the death.
De la Bouillerie received an additional editing credit on Michael Wadleigh's 1970 documentary Woodstock, and was the film editor on George Miller's 1987 adaptation The Witches of Eastwick. In the 1980s and '90s, former Warner Bros. studio chiefs Bob Daly and Terry Semel relied on him to review the final edit on most of the studio's features.
He was born Hubert Charles de la Bouillerie on January 28, 1951, and began in the cutting room as an assistant editor on Norman Jewison's Rollerball in 1975. His feature editing credits included Krush Groove (1985), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Mo' Money (1992), The Harvest (1993), Blank Check (1994) and Celtic Pride (1996).
He also worked as a director, helming the 1996 Showtime telefilm The Right to Remain Silent and the 1997 science-fiction feature The Apocalypse, and directing a 2005 episode of ABC's Boston Legal.
Away from film, he wrote a 2012 gothic novel, Of Love and Evil: The Birth. He was married to Hollywood Pictures executive and producer Debbie Robins de la Bouillerie from 1991 until her death in 2015 at age 58. He is survived by his former wife Hilary Saltzman, daughter of producer Harry Saltzman, and by other family.
Quick answers
How old was Hubert de la Bouillerie when he died?
He was 75. He died on August 8 in Los Angeles.
What films did Hubert de la Bouillerie edit?
His credits include The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Krush Groove (1985), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) and Blank Check (1994), plus an additional editing credit on Woodstock (1970).