Editing

John Hoffman

Born — Died

1904-08-28 — 1980-01-06

Place of birth

Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)

Known for

Editing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Lone Wolf and His Lady poster
6.0

A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

1949

Forest Murmurs poster
NR

Short film by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.

Forest Murmurs

1947

The Wreck of the Hesperus poster
7.0

The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.

The Wreck of the Hesperus

1948

The Crimson Canary poster
7.5

When a conniving female singer turns up dead, with the evidence pointing to the band’s drummer, jazz trumpeter Danny Brooks attempts to clear him—only to implicate himself and the rest of the band in the process. Can a jazz-loving police detective and Danny’s fiancée solve the case before the next downbeat?

The Crimson Canary

1945

Strange Confession poster
6.8

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.

Strange Confession

1945

I Killed Geronimo poster
9.0

Going undercover as the notorious "Waco Kid," U.S. Army Captain Jeff Packard manages to infiltrate a gang of gold-shipment thieves lead by nasty Walt Anderson. But Anderson and his gang are not the only troublemakers around: Packard must also contend with Geronimo and his Apache warriors, who are demanding guns in exchange for peace.

I Killed Geronimo

1950

No artwork available
6.6

A recently unearthed experimental documentary of the crashing sea set to Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave." An example of the filmmakers' "new cinema" theory which held that film should be more like music than literature. This film is based solely on its arrangement of images.

Moods of the Sea

1942

No artwork available
NR

Short film by John Hoffman.

Prelude to Spring

1946